Heavy rain Wednesday created enough flooding that major thoroughfares throughout Kyle and Buda were shut down, including the portion of FM 1626 between RM 967 and FM 2770. The five inches of rain, combined with a breached stock tank dam located on private property along FM 1626, persuaded county off...

lans for limited public access to part of a conservation easement owned by the late Gay Ruby Dahlstrom moved one step closer to completion Thursday. By breaking ground on the Gay Ruby Dahlstrom Preserve , Hays County officials hope to eventually open the 384-acre project, located within the Dahlstro...

“Things are a little different now,” Buda resident John “Fritz” Zavala said with a catch in his voice, as he looked down where his leg had been amputated roughly a month ago. Despite the circumstances, Zavala showed a smile to his wife, as they readied to leave for his first prosthetic fitting in Au...

Tensions were high at a public meeting in Driftwood Dec. 13 where developers of an unwelcome self-storage facility clashed with local residents. Hays County Pct. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant and Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones called a town hall meeting in order to address a few topics of interest th...

Heavy congestion is expected to continue along south FM 1626 at the intersections of RM 967 and FM 2770 as Hays County starts the next phase of its safety expansion project. Mark Jones, Hays County Pct. 2 Commissioner, said traffic delays resulting from the improvement project will continue until De...

ays County is one of the fastest growing counties in the nation, but all of the residential and retail growth has left ranchers and farmers questioning whether there will be room for them in the future. Traditionally, most of the land on the east side of Interstate 35 has been used for agricultural ...

The Hays County Commissioners Court is moving forward with the development of County Roadway and State Highway Systems projects identified in the November 2016 bond referendum. Progress has already begun for a handful of Hays County projects, including safety improvements on U.S. 290 in Dripping Spr...

Allocation of funds for projects that are a part of Hays County’s 2016 bond measure led officials to approve a $371 million Fiscal Year 2018 budget Sept. 19. While Hays County will be spending more money, officials also approved a slight decrease in the county’s ad valorem tax rate. Hays County Comm...

Enhanced mobility efforts in Hays and Travis counties were supported Aug. 10 as a U.S. District Court in Austin dismissed an injunction against construction on the State Highway 45 southwest and MoPac intersection projects. The lawsuit, filed by the Save our Springs Alliance (SOS) and other plaintif...

Continued capacity issues at the Hays County Jail led county leaders to approve a pair of interlocal agreements to potentially outsource prisoners to two new locations. Per the agreements, which were approved by a 3-0 vote, Hays County would be able to send prisoners it cannot house to McLennan Coun...