BUDA — Innovative individuals, business owners and entrepreneurs alike will soon get a new resource that they can utilize in the city of Buda. The Buda Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is launching the HIVE — Home for Innovators, Visionaries & Entrepreneurs — that will serve as an entrepreneur...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is conducting an environmental study to evaluate long-term safety and mobility solutions along US 290 from RM 1826 in southwest Austin to Rob Shelton Boulevard in Dripping Springs. Improvements to US 290 in this area were first identi...

HAYS COUNTY    —  Eleven years ago, Sarah Ross knew that she wanted to take a step back from corporate America and enter into the world of owning her own business. That’s when she decided to take on owning a franchise of Fresh Coat Painters. “I was working a lot of hours. I didn't mind working a lot...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Families will have another option for their student’s education with a new micro high school opening in Dripping Springs for the upcoming fall semester. Sarah Pevehouse, a Dripping Springs resident who has more than 15 years of experience in education, is bringing the first micro ...

KYLE — After being shut down in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kyle Area Youth Advisory Council (KAYAC) is back. What started years before the pandemic in 2013, KAYAC is a committee of students in grades 9-12 who all live in the Kyle city limits or attend a Hays CISD school. The committee is...

HAYS COUNTY — While they are decreasing in some parts of the country, rates of COVID-19-, flu- and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)- related hospitalizations still remain elevated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for the state of Texas as a whole, the respiratory il...

WIMBERLEY — For more than 30 years, Wimberley Crisis Bread Basket has been committed to helping neighbors by providing food and encouragement. The idea started back in 1986, when it was registered as a 501(c)(3) organization called Crisis Breadbasket. To help address food insecurity in the Wimberley...

KYLE — A baker in Kyle is continuing the legacy of her mother and ensuring that her memory stays alive through every cake she makes. And she is hoping to share her story with the world by competing to earn the title of ‘The Greatest Baker.’ Susana Otalora has been baking for the past year through he...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — At its Oct. 3 meeting, the Dripping Springs City Council approved several proclamations and appointed two individuals to the Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) Board of Directors. National 4-H Week The council proclaimed Oct. 7-13 to be National 4-H Week in the city of Dripping Sp...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Before the roar of applause, there’s a moment of tension and triumph when the final note ends in a marching band's performance. In those brief seconds, Dripping Springs High School Director of Bands Derek Woods hopes that he and his staff have given the students the vehicle that t...