An unintended consequence of a stay-at-home order is an increase of family violence when existing stressors like job loss become more frequent. However, the Hays Caldwell Women’s Center has seen a dramatic drop in victims reaching out for hospital service calls for the month of March. In February of...

Six new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Hays County Wednesday, April 15, bringing the total to 109. Results in 15 cases were pending, while 642 tests have gotten negative results. One person has died and 43 have recovered,   A total of 10 people have been hospitalized, none at Hays County hospit...

Hays County experienced its first death from the COVID-19 virus on Monday, April 13. The county said a woman in her 80s who was staying with a relative in Buda succumbed to the disease. Her death came roughly one month after the county’s first recorded “presumptive” positive case. Along with that an...

The Health Department on Monday reported the death of a woman in her 80s who was living with a relative in Buda.   COVID -19 CDC photo Additionally, the number of confirmed cases grew by 19 overnight to a total of 93, according to the county’s 4 p.m. update of its “dashboard” on the coronavirus at h...

Seven more cases of COVID-19 were added to Hays County’s toll Sunday, bringing the total to 89. There have been no deaths, 9 hospitalization including 2 currently, and 549 negative tests results. Results in 9 cases remain pending, Twenty four people have recovered. There were no new positives report...

Eighty two cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Hays County, with two new cases reported to the count’s Health Department since Thursday. COVID -19 CDC photo Fifty eight of those are active. Twenty four people have recovered and 492 have tested negative. Test results in 13 cases are pending. The...

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...