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Early voting for the March 1 primary ends Friday. Initial reports indicate turnout has been low, as is traditional in midterm primary elections, with less than a fourth of registered voters going to the polls most years.

Once upon a time in mid-October, a pair of bald eagles built a nest near White Rock Lake in Dallas. The structure, located in a cottonwood tree, was engineered their new home with an exterior of large twigs. The eagles decorated the interior with softer materials, making it suitable for nesting.

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A little over a year since the Council for the Indigenous and Tejano Community was founded, it has received one of the highest honors from the Texas Historical Commission: an Undertold Historical Marker.

A school-record 12 Dripping Springs High School health science students have advanced to the Texas HOSA State Leadership Conference after the Texas Area 1 Spring Leadership Conference in San Antonio.

The Friends of the Dripping Springs Community Library is once again hosting its annual fundraiser: the 11th edition of Pouring Over Books.

Bannockburn Dripping Springs celebrated its new building with a ribbon cutting last week, sponsored by the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce.

Primaries are quickly approaching for this year’s midterm elections. There are many ways to get involved.

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February 24 Painting with a Twist

There is not a gardener I meet that doesn’t crave plants that are all about Blooms, Birds and Butterflies. Shoot add Bees to it and you would have a surefire award winner. The Dallas Arboretum has one of the superior plant trials in the country and they gave the award for most Pollinator Friendly Perennial to Rockin’ Playin’ the Blues salvia.

The Dripping Springs wrestling teams had cruised through the first two levels of the playoffs with ease; however the UIL State Championships held in Berry Center in Cypress over the weekend were a different story. The competition, as expected, was tough and talent close.