Shoppers stand outside of H-E-B, leaning on their empty carts, waiting so they can finally get a turn inside where only about 25 people can shop at once. H-E-B has taken many measures to ensure that it reduces the spread of the Coronavirus while people shop in-store, but their efforts did not stop o...

The gambler has left the table, and a bug has called our bluff. For fear of the virus, our global village abandoned our streets, shut down our commerce, schools and industry, and shuttered us inside our homes amid the concept of social distancing. COVID played its card and we folded. An organism we ...

Local governments across Hays County deserve mostly high marks for acting with maturity and dedication over the past two weeks to do what is within their power to minimize the destruction of the COVID-19 outbreak. Without these tough-minded measures, by some models the virus could spread to as many ...

Two months after opening its doors, the Inspired Minds Center has postponed classes to prevent community spread of COVID-19 and hopes the city will suspend rent for the next couple of months. The Inspired Minds Center owner Susan Guerra said the center has a lease with the city so she hopes city cou...

Staff reports Taking advantage of Gov. Greg Abbott’s temporary restrictions on open meetings laws, the Dripping Springs ISD turned to videoconferencing for the March 23 workshop and regular meeting of the board of trustees. Board members participated remotely, and members of the public were able to ...

Staff report In keeping with efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, all Wimberley ISD campuses are closed through Friday, April 3. The closure affects all meetings, campus events, practices and extracurricular activities. The situation was addressed in a letter from Superintendent Dwain York to all...

Delayed memorial services and live streaming of funerals are among options being developed at Harrell Funeral Homes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funeral Director Doug DuBois said he and other staff members are “working with families to schedule memorial services sometime in the future – hop...

Staff Report As the COVID-19 clampdown continues, community newspapers are among small businesses struggling to survive. That situation is made worse by the fact many paper mills in the U.S. are expected to be cutting back. All this has forced the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch to find new ways t...

Hays County’s 8th and 9th cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in two people in separate households with connection to Carpenter Hill Elementary School in Buda. All cases confirmed so far have occurred in adults. The new cases mark four among people with connections to public schools. A person who ...

Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra stopped short of ordering residents to shelter in place on Tuesday; instead directing law enforcement to step up their efforts to enforce the Local Disaster Declaration that went into effect March 15. Among other actions, that order limited gatherings to 10 or fewer p...