UPDATE: As of 11:55 a.m. - The patient has been released from the hospital and will self-quarantine at home until they are fever-free for 48 hours without use of fever-reducing medication. Hays County officials today reported its first presumptive case of COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus. COVID -...

H-E-B announced Saturday that it will begin opening all stores at 8 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m., including Central Market. Here's the whole message: To better serve our customers and increase product availability, all H-E-B stores, Central Market and H-E-B Pharmacies will close tonight at 8 p.m. Begi...

Staff report For families running out of options for Spring Break, the Texas Parks system has a message: Come visit. Texas State Parks are open and running, and note that “outdoor spaces are well suited to increased social distance.” There are, however, a few steps people can take to assure their pa...

The above image was taken from surveillance video at the Broadway Bank in Buda. By Anita Miller The man who donned blackface prior to robbing the Broadway Bank in Buda on Monday has been arrested. Santiago Campuzano-Salazar Hays County authorities were assisted by the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office...

Staff report As of Friday, attending performances by the Wimberley Players is among options available to local residents. The group said in a statement that several measure have been taken to help prevent the spread of disease like COVID 19, including: • Sterilizing most often touched surfaces like ...

Health officials worldwide continue to gather information about COVID-19, which is a newly discovered strain of the Coronavirus. Additional travel restrictions implemented by the federal government will help limit the spread of the disease into our communities. Hays County continues to work closely ...

  Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their 2019 crop year elections for and enrollment in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs must schedule an appointment to do so with their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) by Monday, March 16. “To date, mor...

UPDATE: Rep. Zwiener to Host Virtual Town Hall Instead of Physical Town Hall in Wimberley State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) will be hosting a virtual town hall rather than an in-person town hall in Wimberley as originally planned to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Rep. Zwiener will host the...

By Camelia Juarez As more events and schools shut down to follow social distancing and prevention protocols, the most vulnerable group, the elderly, are living in close quarters in assisted living centers around Hays County.   CDC image. “Given their congregate nature and residents served (e.g., old...

From the Texas Medical Association As physicians, other medical experts, and the public learn more about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, scientists are learning more about the similarities – and differences – between COVID-19 and influenza. Both viruses cause respiratory disease, yet the Wo...