The first case of the COVID-19 virus in a Wimberley resident was confirmed on Friday, when the county’ total number of cases rose to 47. Of the two case reported since April was a woman between the ages of 20 and 29; the second was a man aged 40-49. COVID -19 CDC photo The county's emergency web pag...

By Anita Miller Protocols ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott that went into effect Wednesday won’t change the everyday lives of most Hays Count residents with one exception: There is no mention of a curfew, as was mandated by Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra. COVID -19 CDC photo That means people who are on...

by Anita Miller Discolored water from wells near the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline is causing distress. Test results on the water, taken where the pipeline is about to cross the Blanco River, are expected soon from a Lower Colorado River Authority laboratory. Once the results are received, ...

Three more positive cases of COVID-19 has brought Hays County’s total to 45. Ten have recovered, four remain hospitalized and in 18 cases, test results are pending. There have been 247 negative tests as of 4 p.m. Thursday, April 2. COVID -19 CDC photo Six of the cases are in people aged 20-29; 10 in...

Anita Miller Forty two people in Hays County had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus as of 4 p.m. Wedesday, April 1, with results still pending on 11 tests. COVID -19 CDC photo Four people remain hospitalized. Ten have recovered and 32 are considered “active.” There have also been 238 negative te...

The Mathworks program at Texas State University is offering free math resources to the public in response to COVID-19. Anyone with internet access can download curriculum material now through June 15, 2020. Valued at more than $250, the material includes Math Explorations curriculum for sixth throug...

More than 600 Chromebooks were checked out to DSISD families to assist students with remote/virtual learning based on responses to a survey regarding tech needs. Staff volunteers helped out, including Superintendent Todd Washburn directing traffic, Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Galen Zimmerm...

Kristie Schuh, a 2005 graduate of Dripping Springs High School, was selected to star in a one-person play, “Every Brilliant Thing,” that was presented at the 37th International Meeting of University Theatre at the Royal University of Theatre in Liege, Belgium. Schuh, who is currently pursuing a mast...

Former Barton Publications reporter Carlie Porterfield left Texas to study international journalism at City, University of London, where she interned for Forbes magazine. She now works in New York City as a news reporter for Forbes. When I moved to New York City at the end of April, I was nervous ab...

Exsar Arguello working in his Buffalo, New York apartment. Former Barton Publications reporter talks about life in New York, where he currently works as a news producer for Spectrum News. As the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold of New York as the epicenter of the crisis, life in the Empire State has eer...