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Thanks to the rapid growth of Dripping Springs, the city is updating its Comprehensive Plan.

The annual Founders Day Festival came and went this past weekend, celebrating Dripping Springs’ heritage and pioneer spirit.

City wastewater customers will soon see rate changes on their wastewater bill — a little later than usual.

The Hays County Commissioners Court recognized public safety dispatchers by adopting a proclamation to declare April 10-16, 2022 as National Telecommunicators Week.

Over 110,000 Hays County property owners will be receiving appraisal notices within the coming weeks. Most will notice a significant jump in property values.

The Tigers were all hugs and smiles after winning at the UIL 5A State Soccer Semifinals. But after another hard-fought game, the team fell short of the state title less than two days later.

Dripping Springs’ Founders Day Festival will take over the streets of downtown this weekend, celebrating the city’s heritage and pioneer spirit.

Early voting will begin this coming week for the Dripping Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees, with four candidates vying for two open seats.

Recently I stumbled across a plant recipe called ‘This is the Life’, not only was it a collection of some of my favorite plants but was like a wake-up call to an old favorite the Persian Shield. Known botanically as Strobilanthes dyerianus, it is native to Burma and has 8-inchlong leaves that are iridescent in shades of purple, lilac and pink with purplemaroon on the undersides. If those colors aren't awesome enough, the foliage looks as though it has a light coat of silver electroplated to the leaf.

As the upcoming election season approaches, local officials are raising awareness regarding recent changes to the voteby-mail process.

“It was hot,” Christopher Robbins, Assistant Chief of Wimberley Fire and Rescue, said. “It is hard to describe to someone that doesn’t see these types of responses on a daily basis. Every time you would blink, the fire would double. Every time I went back to the truck to call for more resources, you would see through that smoke and see the rise of heat. It was so hot, it didn’t matter how far you stood back, you were getting burned up.”

The Texas Department of Transportation wants motorists to be aware of dangerous conditions in road construction zones after crashes in those zones killed 244 people last year.