Dripping Springs News

Sorry, this image could not be loaded. Click here to try again. City of Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Rick Coffer and Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Martinez, left, to right, leap into Barton Springs Pool as part of the annual Friends of Barton Springs Pool Polar Bear Club New Year's Day event.

Barton Smith, Round Mountain, was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree from Tarlton State College December 21.

After failing miserably to produce the kind of winter storm that gives TV weather people here the confidence to go out and buy another brightly checked, ill fitting on-air suit, our area recovered with another solid thrashing of The Drought.

The Hays County Personal Health Department is offering seasonal flu vaccinations at its regular health clinic locations in San Marcos and Kyle and during its monthly immunization clinic in Dripping Springs.

Sen. Jeff Wentworth and Rep. Patrick M. Rose say Andrew Sansom, executive director of the River Systems Institute at Texas State University, will facilitate a process among stakeholders of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District to build consensus on how to support its mission.

Arizona-based metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are working on a European tour that will take place between April 1 and April 12, 2010 and which will include stops in Holland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Turkey and Greece.

Sorry, this image could not be loaded. Click here to try again. This house in the Panther Creek area near Driftwood is on 26 acres.

Let's take a look at a couple of Austin area subdivisions on opposites corners of the Austin Metro Area and see how each has held up during the downturn of the past couple of years.

There are plenty of bad customer service stories -- consumers getting the cold shoulder and resorting to filing ugly lawsuits.

It's been 12 years in the making, but officials say construction on U.S. Hwy. 290 West between Trautwein Road and Nutty Brown Road is "substantially" complete.

Several Blanco FFA and Blanco Jr. FFA members did extremely well with their animals at the annual Dripping Springs Fall Classic Livestock Show held in Johnson City at the Blanco County Show Barn on Saturday, November 21.

We are trying to convince them to move down here from Virginia and think this will be a good way.

Mark your calendars for several fun events in December hosted by Blanco Verde! December 10, 6:00pm: Book Club discussion at Redbud Cafe December 13, 5-9:00pm: Community Potluck at Old Blanco County Courthouse December 14, 3:30-5:00pm: Eco-Club at the Blanco Library All of these events will take place each month in or around the Blanco area.

This gorgeous three-bedroom, two-story house is owned by Shana Heard, the owner of Cierra Interiors, a company with stores in Austin, Houston and Port Aransas.

From the Hays County Sheriff's Office: On Tuesday at approximately 6 p.m. ,the Hays County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported armed robbery with shots fired at DS Grocery, located at 601 US Hwy 290 in Dripping Springs.

Two new H-E-B grocery stores are coming to the area. One is a 68,000-square-foot location in Dripping Springs that will break ground Monday and the second is an 88,000-square-foot store in New Braunfels.

Pamela Stites said all she was trying to do is save Robert Chavira Espinosa's life.

John Gregory, a master optician who designed some of the most specialized devices in astronomy, moved to Dripping Springs 35 ago for its wide-open sky, his son said.

The Children of Mr. and Mrs. W.S.. Polley wish to extend an invitation to their friends to attend an Open House honoring the parents Fiftieth Anniversary on Sunday, November 16 from 2:00 p.m. till 6:00 p.m. in the afternoon in their home.

FOR LEASE, Not for Sale. FIRST YEAR TENANT LEASE INCENTIVE: $2,200 / 1 YEAR. . This is an excellent opportunity to lease a gorgeous building in a prime, highly visible location in Dripping Springs.