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The Dripping Springs High School Tiger Band qualified for the UIL 6A State Marching Contest after placing among the top five bands at the Area D Marching Contest on Saturday in Austin.

For the 17th year, the Hays County Food Bank will provide holiday meal boxes filled with foods needed to make a festive and nutritious homecooked Thanksgiving meal.

Staff Reports The ninth-annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival will offer music lovers the up-close and personal chance to see, hear and get to know talented performers this weekend.

Madi Telschow Managing Editor This past weekend, Dripping Springs experienced the first of two eclipses over the next nine months: an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14 of this year and a total solar eclipse on April 8 in 2024.

October 19

Experts say the current drought in Texas is the most extreme the state has seen since the 1950s. As a result, the supply of water is the lowest these experts say they have witnessed in that same time period.

Staff Reports Whit and Kim Hanks of Dripping Springs, on behalf of the Aubrey Smith Jr. Family Foundation, presented a final gift from the foundation of $350,000 to the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center.

September 23 – October 29 Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival

The Hays County Fire Marshal’s office notified the community that the countywide burn ban in the unincorporated areas of the county was lifted, effective at 11 a.m. on Oct. 5.

Featuring local furry friends eligible for adoption & looking for loving homes!

The Hays County Annex Center hosted an event last week aimed at helping those that provide assistance to service members.

Hays CISD student death investigated as fentanyl-related