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June 15

The Hays County Sheriff's Office is taking applications for the 2022 Summer Junior Deputy Academy.

The rates for Dripping Springs residential trash and recycle collection services are scheduled to increase, following a city council meeting last week. The new rates will go into effect July 1.

When Dennis Baldwin moved to Dripping Springs in 2011, there were few, if any, places to publicly skateboard. For anything more than the most basic of tricks, a skateboarder would have to make the drive into downtown Austin, facing traffic and crowds. Baldwin, a young father at the time, said he could make it work every now and then. But for children and teens wanting to learn and practice the sport, finding a good place to skateboard was more difficult.

Sport Clips opened in Dripping Springs this past week, celebrating the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The Hays County Commissioners Court received a presentation by the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 1919 during its meeting on May 31.

The Henly Volunteer Fire Department will host its annual barbecue fundraising event this year for the first time since COVID-19 began.

Hays County’s broadband survey, part of a larger effort to enhance and expand local broadband access, will end this week after being extended an additional week.

June 8

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.