Rio Medina News

The expansive Medina Dam impounds the clear waters of Medina Lake, rising like a gray apparition from the cedar-and-oak scrub clinging to the rugged tumble of hills and canyons 20 miles northwest of San Antonio.

A wild early morning crash killed one person and sent another to the hospital. The wreck happened around 3 a.m. Saturday near Hunt Lane and Rio Medina Drive.

The Edwards Aquifer Authority 's board of directors approved more than $160,000 in grants to help fund conservation efforts.

The first annual Medina Lake Preservation Society 2009 Buoy Awards were presented at The Lakehills Civic Center on Saturday, Nov.