San Antonio council hikes water rates in anticipation of Vista Ridge pipeline
The San Antonio City Council on Wednesday unanimously — albeit cautiously — approved plans for a sizable water rate increase that will pay, in part, for a controversial, $3.4 billion water pipeline.
View ArticleGov. Abbott declares state of disaster in six Central Texas counties
Six Central Texas counties — Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, Travis and Bastrop — are among 15 counties formally declared disaster areas today by Gov. Greg Abbott following flooding and a tornado...
View ArticleCommentary: It’s time for an Austin-San Antonio regional airport
San Antonio City Council member JOE KRIER writes that Interstate 35 corridor leaders should ‘seriously discuss the creation of a regional airport — a DFW for Central Texas.’
View ArticlePresident approves federal aid for Halloween flood survivors
President Barack Obama has approved a disaster declaration requested by Gov. Greg Abbott for counties affected by last month’s flooding, opening the door for individual federal assistance.
View ArticleVista Ridge parent company slides toward bankruptcy
The financially troubled Spanish company whose subsidiary is under contract with the city of San Antonio to build a massive water pipeline entered into the initial phases of bankruptcy proceedings...
View ArticleState offers unemployment financial aid for Halloween flood survivors
The Texas Workforce Commission is disbursing disaster unemployment financial assistance for people in 15 counties who lost work between Oct. 22 and Oct. 31 due to the Halloween flood and a series of...
View ArticleFEMA to close four Hays County field offices on Saturday
A centralized disaster recovery center will open Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Hays County Government Center in San Marcos where specialists will be available to help flood victims navigate assistance...
View ArticleSan Marcos High School alumna dies from gunshot wound in ‘road rage’ tragedy
WITH VIDEO | A 20-year-old former Martindale resident died in a north Texas hospital today after being shot in the head during what police have a characterized as an early morning road rage incident.
View ArticleMan arrested in Arizona for murder of Sara Mutschlechner
A man arrested in Yuma, Ariz. this morning by U.S. marshals is charged with murder in the New Years Day homicide of Sara Mutschlechner, a 20-year-old San Marcos High School alumna and former Martindale...
View ArticleAmateur rapper-turned-U.S. Marine charged in homicide of San Marcos alumna
UPDATED 12:57 p.m. JAN. 6 | Eric Jamal Johnson, the active-duty U.S. Marine charged in the murder of a San Marcos High School alumna, was among guests at an early morning New Year’s Day house party in...
View ArticleVideo: Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for murdered San Marcos alumna
Friends mourned San Marcos area native Sara Mutschlechner’s death — and celebrated her life — with a candlelight vigil on Thursday following her funeral. The 20-year-old University of North Texas...
View ArticleMutschlechner’s alleged murderer admitted ‘responsibility’ in shooting,...
Investigators who interviewed Eric Jamal Johnson in the Yuma, Ariz. jail say he asked them to convey his sympathy to the family and friends of Sara Mutschlechner, the 20-year-old college junior he is...
View ArticleUpdated: Former Round Rock, El Paso superintendents apply for SMCISD interim
Trustees have received a late-hour application for interim superintendent from Hector Montenegro, the former San Marcos CISD school district superintendent who went on to hold top administrative...
View ArticleSan Marcos CISD superintendent names Valadez, Pavia to new leadership positions
Starting this month, Dr. Monica Valadez will serve as the school district’s community liaison and Cynthia Pavia will serve as an De Zavala Elementary assistant principal.
View ArticleGovernor names Greater San Marcos Partnership president to state board
Greater San Marcos Partnership president Adriana Cruz is among three people appointed today to the state’s new Economic Incentive Oversight board by Gov. Greg Abbott.
View ArticleI-35 main lanes — all of them — to close for bridge demolition in San Marcos,...
Interstate 35 — all main lanes in both directions — will be closed nightly starting this weekend for demolition of the old Yarrington Road overpass in northern San Marcos and southern Kyle.
View ArticleHays, Caldwell impose burn ban as drought conditions ease upward
With high winds and low humidity in the forecast, the Hays County Commissioners Court this week reinstated a ban on outdoor burning in unincorporated areas of the county. Officials in Travis and...
View ArticleQ&A: Fight for Texas House seat features Cyrier, Golemon rematch
ELECTION 2016 | Barely more than a year ago, John Cyrier (R-Lockhart) squeaked into the Texas Legislature following a special election and runoff against Brent Golemon (R-Bastrop) for House District...
View ArticleDerailed: Union Pacific puts brakes on Austin-San Antonio commuter rail
Union Pacific will no longer consider rerouting its Central Texas freight traffic to make way for commuter rail between Georgetown and San Antonio, quite possibly killing the decade-old effort to build...
View ArticleGBRA to buy ‘vintage’ San Marcos River water rights from Thornton family
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) directors approved the purchase of vintage San Marcos River water rights from the family of the late Ed Cape, who was a former GBRA general manager and...
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