Buda native Mary Stone when  she was working as a nurse in  Canada in the 1980s. That we are in uncharted waters is beyond dispute. But there are those among us who have experienced some- one eerily similar to the COVID-19 pandemic in emergency rooms decades ago. One of them is Buda resident Mary St...

by Sahar Chmais Executive Director Vanessa Puig-Williams of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Alliance (TESPA) stood before the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Dec. 12 in a final attempt to ask for a rehearing on the Needmore Water LLC case, but her request was sho...

It is often argued that water is one of humankind’s most precious resource, utilized by all people throughout the globe as a part of a healthy lifestyle.  History has shown that Hays County, even when occupied by indigenous populations, is a hub for clean and fresh water. Today, residents across the...

After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

Your vote counts, but your words count even more. The Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch have received nominations of more than 60 people in the Buda, Dripping Springs and Kyle areas that have gone above and beyond to benefit the institutions they care about most. We are asking for input from our rea...

By Logan McCullough The expansion of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) to extend representation to a previously unregulated area of Hays County forced the redistricting of new precinct boundaries.   Although BSEACD was five years away from a planned redistricting, whe...

Staff report    Elections for the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Board of Directors were cancelled due to a lack of opposition.   According to a press release, the board elected Sept. 7 to cancel the November director elections after the three existing candidates up for electio...

By Barbara Hopson More than 200 people attended a Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District meeting at the Wimberley Community Center Monday night. The presentation by BSEACD Board President Mary Stone and General Manager John Dupnik was aimed at informing well owners in the recently enla...

By Andy Sevilla Much to the dismay of a standing-room only city hall, Buda council members approved the execution of a water supply contract that would bring one million gallons of water per day for city use from the Trinity Aquifer in western Hays County. The private water supplier who is looking t...