Austin Freshmen Survive in Unflipped House as the County Sees a Dem Landslide

The blueberry abides (barely)

"...To Goodwin's south, Erin Zwiener, D-Driftwood, won reelection in Hays and Blanco counties' HD-45. In Hays, Zwiener got 52%..."

Nov. 6, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Pipeline, Drought Key Issues in the Aquifer Conservation District Election

The Aquifer simmers in bottom-of-ballot race

"...different precincts, which encompass 247 square miles of Caldwell, Hays, and Travis counties. The groundwater in this area has..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...low-down riffs from their 2019 eponymous duo debut, and Christy Hays sways her remarkable songwriting with new tunes following..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Song Premiere: Jonathan Terrell’s “Cowboy Band”

ATX roots wrangler taps bittersweet heartache in LP tease

"...the Band of Heathens. Additional vocals come courtesy of Christy Hays and the Soul Supporters, who are currently backing..."

Feb. 10, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Adds 80 Acts

Steve Earle and Easy Life highlight sixth list

"...Country-kissed Carson McHone and Christy Hays, plus newly minted Texas Piano Man Robert Ellis,..."

Jan. 31, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Our Music Critics Pick Their Top 10 Austin Albums of 2018

80 local picks from Molly Burch to Brownout

"...4) Christy Hays, River Swimmer (Nine Mile)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Best Live Music Performances of 2018

The bands and venues that kept our critics on their feet

"...Doug Freeman: Christy Hays..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...29) Christy Hays, River Swimmer (Nine Mile)..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...the grit of the mining town to the surface. Christy Hays is feeling the lingering dampness in her bones...."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Christy Hays

"...Christy Hays is a writer of the elements. There's dirt..."

May 25, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Live Music Recommendations: April 13-19

Texas Independence Fest grinds, Ibeyi smooths it out, and more

"...empowerment. Proving “Woman Enough” are Teri Joyce, Marti Brom, Christy Hays, Bonnie Montgomery, Summer Dean, and many more, while..."

April 12, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Christy Hays (Austin)..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bruce Robison & the Back Porch Band

"...Micky Braun's "Paid My Dues" and lacing Austin songstress Christy Hays' "Lake of Fire" with highway-lonesome fiddle and steel...."

June 9, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Christy Hays’ Love Letter to Butte, Montana

Austin folksinger serenades onetime mining town in new video

"...In “Town Underground,” Christy Hays paints a complex picture of a minimized mountainside..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Top 10s

Ninety lines of listicles about Austin music 2015

"...6) Christy Hays, O' Montana..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Summer Loving

"...recalling Dave Alvin at his most lonesome. Meanwhile, local Christy Hays plays X's Exene Cervenka to Banta's John Doe..."

July 24, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Christy Hays 1am, TenOak Originally from a small town in..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Music List 10

The Damned, 2 Chainz, War on Drugs, and 242 more added

"...DJ Brimlo, DJ D-Best, Drastic, Nubia Emmon, Tim Gunter, Christy Hays, How I Quit Crack, Kyleeil, Master Blaster Sound..."

March 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Christy Hays

"...they get to the heart of the matter like Christy Hays. This six-song effort, a follow-up to her impressive..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Christy Hays

"...Christy HaysDrought..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Centex Brigade

From San Antonio to Austin and back again

"...a mounting concern about the pace of residential development. Christy Muse helped found the group in 2004 as a..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Save as We Pave?

The latest trend in environmentally sensitive planning tiptoes into Travis County

"...Also in Hays Co., the Headwaters at Barton Creek – described as..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Enemies Mingle at Hill Country Conservancy Fiesta

Beer, brisket, and land preservation help unite political foes for a night

"...to preserve the 5,685-acre Storm Ranch, located in northern Hays Co., not to mention gifts of $400,000 from the..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Are We Sucking the Trinity Dry?

Hays County residents call for creation of conservation district

"...who led a regional water-quality planning process, and whose Hays Co. home depends on Trinity water. "I'm very concerned,..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...of 125,000 new arrivals to western Travis and northern Hays counties, an area that is currently home to about..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

County OKs Rocky Creek

New Hill Country Coalition fails (for now) to stop Hamilton Pool project

"...(Commissioner Margaret Gomez was absent.) "I'm surprised and disappointed," Christy Muse, a Lakeway-area community leader, said after the vote...."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Westward Ho!

In-progress or proposed developments for near-western Hill Country rise overnight like so many toxic mushrooms

"...examples of ongoing developments in western Travis and northern Hays counties where no oversight or enforcement measures are in..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...money we -- the taxpayers of Austin, Travis, and Hays counties and Texas -- will have spent financing the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column

Naked City

"...already treacherous roadway. The 536.7-acre site straddles Travis and Hays counties near the FM 1826 and SH 45 intersection...."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple