Anita Miller Authorities say Native American remains and “sacred burial beads” were among artifacts stolen from a San Marcos-area burial site and later sold. At least one of three people arrested in Hays County last month is thought to be a part of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) case. A married...

by Anita Miller Work on Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) is halted near where the project will cross the Blanco River, the company says, as it continues to review the next steps “with our consultants, the water district and regulatory agencies.” A preliminary map shows the projected ro...

After a spike of 16 new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus reported to county authorities on April 8, only two new positives were added April 9. COVID -19 CDC photo That brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Hays County residents to 79; 462 people have tested ...

Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) has expanded services to patients to make scheduling and appointments easier and more efficient during the COVID-19 pandemic. New and expanded services include: Saturday pediatric well-check s now available Pediatric Well-Checks will be available from 8 a.m.-12 noon. Sat...

Anita Miller   “Reprehensible and shameful.” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell didn’t mince words when it came to what he thinks about the actions of landlords who put eviction notices on doorways in the middle of a statewide shelter in place order. Mitchell spoke from his home during the council’s online ...

By Chase Rogers Businesses in Hays County are saying that they could only sustain operations for a “few weeks” under current conditions. That’s according to a survey by Hays County which reached out to local businesses, of which 75 percent reported employing 10 or fewer employees, thus being classif...

Hays County’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 spiked overnight by 16 — including the first child. The total of confirmed cases now totals 77. COVID -19 CDC photo A female aged nine or below was included in the April 8 updated posted at haysinformed.com.   Other new cases were spread over age g...

Students will not be returning to the classroom until May 4, or until further discussion, according to Gov. Gregg Abbott’s latest order. As school districts prepare for the long haul, the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch spoke to Hays County school districts to gauge what students will need to get ...

Bad things have always gone on behind closed doors, and now is no exception. April is traditionally the month society turns its attention to preventing sexual assault and child abuse. And though the COVID-19 virus has upended the way we live our daily lives, neither issue has gone away. Both, perhap...

A Houston-based water supplier that was public enemy #1 in Hays County five years ago may have just engineered a significant delay in the construction of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), which has taken its place at the top of the list. If upheld, a judge’s recent decision could kee...