While construction on south FM 1626 between FM 2770 and RM 967 progresses, county officials don’t anticipate work to be done before Hays CISD students return to campus in mid-August. Officials are now pushing the contractor of the project to expedite improvements, which are now roughly six months be...

The project the late Gay Ruby Dahlstrom worked for almost a decade over is now complete and open to the public as a nature preserve and conservation easement. Hays County, the Hill Country Conservancy and the Dahlstrom family announced the opening of the Gay Ruby Dahlstrom Preserve. The nature prese...

Hays County will now outsource inmates to Fort Bend County, a roughly 146-mile trek as the Hays County Jail continues to operate at capacity. The move comes after the county has been forced to outsource inmates due to its overpopulation woes in the jail, costing the county and taxpayer tens of thous...

Late July is the timeframe state officials aim to completely repair, and possibly reopen, the RM 150 low water crossings over Onion Creek near Driftwood. In the interim, Hays County leaders are also identifying ways to prevent large load vehicles from traveling through the crossings, which they poin...

Transparency issues surrounding Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline provided more fuel for opponents fighting to keep the project from going through the Hill Country.  Those arguments and much more were brought to the forefront in a public meeting held at Hays High March 6. Hays County Pct. 2 C...

Having grown up in the Kyle area, Hays High alumnus Clayton Jones knows a thing or two about life in small-town Texas. Dripping Springs resident Preston Alkier (left) and Clayton Jones film a scene in “Clod.” After striking out to California several years ago to chase a film career, Jones was discou...

Despite weather delays, construction on the new SH 45 Southwest (SW) toll road is still ahead of schedule, Hays County officials said. The four-lane toll road will link MoPac in Austin with FM 1626 near Bliss Spillar Road in Hays County. Construction began in November 2016. Hays County Pct. 2 Commis...

A San Marcos-area criminal attorney has been selected to helm the newly created Hays County Court-at-Law No. 3 seat.  Tacie Marie Zelhart, an attorney who has been practicing criminal law for over 16 years, was appointed to the seat by Hays County Commissioners Oct. 30. Zelhart was selected out of a...

Below are links to all of the Nov. 6 General Election races the  Hays Free Press  and News-Dispatch  is covering. Follow along as result come in throughout the night. Hays County Judge  Hays County Commissioner  Hays County Justice of the Peace  Kyle City Council, Place 5 

After six years of service in Hays County, Fire Marshal Clint Browning resigned Friday in order to pursue other opportunities, according to county leaders. Hays County Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones confirmed Browning’s resignation, adding Browning sent his two-week notice prior to commissioners app...