Eight hundred and twenty four Hays County residents had been tested for the COVID-19 virus as of 4 p.m. on Friday, April 17. Results include 121 positives and 680 negatives. Results in 23 cases are pending. There has been one fatality and a dozen hospitalizations. Four people remain hospitalized at ...

Eight new cases of COVID-19 were added to the county’s toll on Thursday and five more people have recovered, the latest numbers indicate. The new cases boost Hays County’s total confirmed cases to 117, 68 of which are active. Test results are pending in 19 cases and 754 people have tested negative. ...

State Rep. Erin Zwiener will host two virtual town halls via Facebook Live next week with Congressman Lloyd Doggett and J.R. Gonzales, Executive Director of the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce, to discuss COVID-19 and adjacent issues. COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives. As we learn...

by Anita Miller Hays County will no longer be housing some of its inmates in the Travis County Jail. County Judge Ruben Becerra posted a letter to “Dear Hays County Law Enforcement” on Facebook April 15 saying he had received word from Travis Sheriff Sally Hernandez that the agreement between the tw...

Hays County, where two communities are already officially recognized as International Dark Sky Communities, is part of International Dark Sky Week from April 19 to 26, which is all virtual this year.  The International Dark Sky Association (IDA) has organized a series of events for the week that can...

Dripping Springs ISD announced 2019-20 Campus Teachers of the Year on April 15. They are:  Annette Hambright (Sycamore Springs Elementary, Special Education), Dave Hammond (Dripping Springs Middle School, special education), Jordyn LaMirand (Sycamore Springs Middle School, Special Education), Michae...

Changes have been made in the Dripping Springs ISD pre-K and kindergarten registration process including an extension of the deadline. Registration deadline is now May 1. Documents (excluding proof of residence) need to be dropped off by Aug. 4. Although online kindergarten registration will remain ...

Dripping Springs ISD has been honored with the "Best Communities for Music Education" designation from the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. DSISD is one of five Central Texas districts to receive this designation for 2020. Now in its 21st year, the Best Communities ...

    A Dripping Springs High School engineering teacher and some students are poised to begin producing face shields. Through the use of 3-D printers, teacher Had Jadeja has been working in the school’s Fab Lab to develop a prototype, and some students with 3-D printers at home have offered to produc...

For the first time ever, Dripping Springs High School Technical Theatre students entered the UIL Theatrical Design Competition and several have qualified for state. Designs were submitted in February for the competition, with the theme "Life is a Dream.” DSISD students competed in Division 1, which ...