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With drought, ice storms, harsh summer heat and water restrictions, many of the Hill Country’s precious trees are suffering and dying, some infected with a deadly fungus.

Few drivers may be aware that there are cameras in place in town that routinely use license plate recognition software to scan plates, providing information to police in a moment's notice if a vehicle is suspected of being involved in a crime.

October 5

The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved the largest tax rate reduction in more than 15 years at its Sept. 25 meeting by a vote of 6-1.

Dripping Springs High School has announced its 2023 Homecoming Court, which will be recognized at the Oct. 6 varsity football game.

Mathnasium of Belterra recently celebrated its grand opening with a lively ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 28, sponsored by the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce.

November 3 is Arbor Day in Texas. We should make this one of the most important days on the calendar because our quality of life depends upon it. Our local trees and forests have been through several years of unusual freezes, ice storms, insect infestation (Oak Wilt), drought, and wildfires. The resulting destruction cannot be completely tallied until future research is completed. However, the results of the 2011 drought offer an indication. Statistics from the Texas A&M Forest Service and Urban Forestry show that in 2011, 301 million trees in forested plots died, and 5.6 million trees in urban areas. Moreover, since January 2023, 165,837 acres of forest have burned in Texas. This must be added to the thousands of acres cleared for construction or paved in concrete. Globally 2400 trees are cut down every minute. In 2020 alone 25.8 million hectares (a hectare is 2.47 acres) of forest were lost.

In the second major series of arrests in recent weeks in Hays County, the Kyle Police Department announced in a press release that officers had arrested five people in connection to a human smuggling case.

September 23 – October 29 Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival

Dalton Sweat Publisher John Eastman—former President Donald Trump’s lawyer and one of the people indicted in the state of Georgia’s case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election—was one of six speakers at the Oldham- Cummings VFW Post 6441 in Wimberley this past weekend.

The scarcity of rainfall, the prolonged drought and ongoing population surge have central Texans worried about how to remedy the dwindling aquifers of the region. The people of Richard’s Rainwater believe they have a blueprint to solve the problems not only locally but globally.

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