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The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees will reward returning employees with added pay and additional payments this fall, accommodating an increasingly high cost of living in the area.

Pride of Dripping Springs, a communityled nonprofit, is scheduled to hold its second annual Pride festival this month.

Nonprofit Foster Village hosted an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony late last month, sponsored by the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce. Attendees included FV founders and board members, Chamber members and current and former foster youth and caregivers.

A close competition ended in an upset after Carrie Isaac won the runoff for the Texas House District 73 Republican nomination against former New Braunfels Mayor Barron Casteel.

US Navy Vietnam Veteran Lenny Jasinski and his two grandchildren, Avery and Beckett Jasinski, placed flags on the graves of veterans at Fitzhugh Cemetery just before Memorial Day. Lenny is a member of VFW Post 2933 and American Legion Post 290 in Dripping Springs. Other local veterans and families placed about 400 U S Flags at four local cemeteries in the Dripping Springs/Driftwood area for Memorial Day in memory of all the men and women who have fought and died in wars and conflicts for the United States.

The Hays Central Appraisal District has landed themselves in hot water by violating its terms of service, according to the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR). Allegations from the Travis County real estate entity states that the Hays Central Appraisal District used ABoR’s Multiple Listing Service real estate data without authorization.

Dripping Springs ISD has announced its 2022 Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year.

The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees has approved the hire of two new elementary principals.

Katie Clewett of Dripping Springs was recently awarded a $30,000 scholarship to Baylor University by The Sumners Foundation of Irving, Texas.

Dreamland Dripping Springs hosted inaugural music and arts festival DreamFest last weekend, bringing together music groups and artisans for the day-long event.

The Hays County Commissioners Court has taken another step toward creating a public defenders office.

A third season of outdoor movies are set to take place in the parking lot of the Wimberley Playhouse.