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Four health science students represented Dripping Springs High School at the HOSA International Leadership Conference last month.

A car chase by law enforcement officers ended in a crash Thursday night. The suspect, identified by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office as Jeffrey Robert Spohn, 52, has not yet been apprehended.

July was proclaimed Parks and Recreation Month in Hays County by the Hays County Commissioners Court.

The Hays County Commissioners Court approved early voting times and locations for the upcoming November election.

Horseshoe Ridge — a proposed 201-site, 30-cabin RV resort — requested a permit for up to 4.5 million gallons of water per year from the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. Despite local property owners protesting the application, the permit was approved earlier this month.

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Aquifer levels across the county have reached historic lows, causing regulatory agencies to start making calls for more dramatic conservation measures.

Mary Earls was selected as the 2022–2023 President of the Hays County League of Women Voters.

The Dripping Springs City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed ad valorem tax rate for the 2022–2023 fiscal year to set the rate at $0.19 per $100 valuation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised Hays County’s COVID-19 level from medium community spread to high last week.

Convenient, quality car care is now available in Dripping Springs with the opening of a new Jiffy Lube service center, commemorated with a ribbon cutting by the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce.