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Brushy Creek Road Station in Cedar Park
"...Metro's Red Line, between the planned northeastern extension of Cypress Creek Road and US183. Single-family subdivisions have recently been..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature

Day Trips: Village Creek State Park
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of providing diverse forest along a free-flowing creek
"...Village Creek State Park on the outskirts of Lumberton in southeast..."

May 10, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Showdown at Lick Creek
As once clear water runs dark, a community defends its natural heart
"...any good that has come out of the Lick Creek pollution disaster, it's that Warren Stinson successfully contested his..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lick Creek Goes to Court
The latest on the battle to keep the stream clean
"...Guardians of Lick Creek, a group of residents fighting the environmentally troubled West..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Rock Creek Rolls Forward
Cypress' Rock Creek project moves along after Fish & Wildlife approves its permit.
"...U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS). The proposed Rock Creek residential community -- a part of the old Rutherford..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lick Creek: The Crisis Continues
Stop-work orders keep piling up on West Cypress Hills
"...The problem-plagued West Cypress Hills development in western Travis Co. was hit with..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Rocky Road for Cypress
A controversial Dripping Springs development proposal is facing new challenges in the new year.
"...council unanimously rejected a preliminary plat that development company Cypress Realty had submitted for a road planned for Rock..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mud Still Flowing at Lick Creek
The West Cypress Hills development still can't make the Lick Creek water run clear again
"...At the West Cypress Hills subdivision these days in Western Travis Co., it's..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Walking Waller Creek Is a Tour Through Wildlife, Wild Flora, and Wild History
Take this self-guided tour from UT's Office of Sustainability, and learn how much wildness this waterway is home to
"...What little you know about Waller Creek has probably dribbled into your consciousness as something needing..."

July 31, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Not Clucking Around
East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.
"...tract in northernmost Camp County will be called Walker Creek Village and will include a slaughterhouse capable of processing..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
Enviro group launches Web site opposing Hill Country Development
"...Save Our Springs Alliance launched a new Web site, www.stopcypress.com, in response to what it believes may be another..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
Algae blooms near development previously cited for construction runoff, but LCRA says growth is normal
"...grass may in fact be greener over at West Cypress Hills, the newest "master planned community in the Texas..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
Jacob's Well, one of the most prolific and celebrated springs in Central Texas, has stopped flowing.
"...September morning, Jacob's Well and the nearby rocks of Cypress Creek would be thick with swimmers and picnickers. But..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Spirits of Texas
Texas spirits to keep your spirits up
"...advantage: He's part of the family that owns Fall Creek Vineyards. That opened doors to distributors, liquor stores, bars,..."

July 29, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Day Trips
"...been going to this privately owned park for generations. Cypress Creek starts at ankle deep and gets progressively deeper..."

July 18, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City
The LCRA shuts down – again – the controversial West Cypress Hills project
"...have bedeviled a western Travis Co. residential development. West Cypress Hills, a master-planned community of 800 homes, was ordered..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City
Hill Country developer in deep silt over waterway's pollution
"...Attorneys for nine residents in the Lick Creek area have warned the developer of a western Travis..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks
"...subdivisions in North Austin, Cedar Park, Leander (such as Cypress Bend, Ranch at Cypress Creek, etc. in Williamson County)..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Column

Invasion of the Water Snatchers
Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies
"...land that adjoins Jacob's Well, a landmark spring on Cypress Creek located three miles northwest of Wimberley - has..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy
Day Trips on the best barbecue and swimming holes in Central Texas
"...rock ledges to create chutes and pools along the cypress-tree-lined banks. The park also has a large campground and..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips
Is there anything better on a lazy summer day than lounging around in a cool pool watching the world go by?
"...that would be inviting enough, but below the bluff, Cypress Creek provides a natural swimming hole with fern-lined walls..."

June 18, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Early Voting
"...ACC Cypress Creek Campus, 1555 Cypress Creek, Cedar Park..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature

day trips
"...Situated on a bluff overlooking Cypress Creek, Krause Springs is actually two swimming holes in..."

June 6, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...a gun several times at a house on Lark Creek Drive and that a woman had been shot. Macedo..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Endorsements
Our endorsements for the 2002 ACC run-off elections
"...Austin Recreation Center - 1301 Shoal Creek Blvd...."

May 17, 2002 News Feature

Day Trips
Eat the fresh eggs of the watchchickens at the Luckenbach Inn Bed & Breakfast.
"...and Breakfast sits on a wooded hill overlooking Grape Creek, half a mile from the old dance hall where..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide Update
"...looked at places on the [Blanco] river and the [Cypress] creek, but I couldn't find enough acreage," she recalls...."

Oct. 9, 1998 Food Feature

Going With the Flow
The next life of Waller Creek
"...To explore Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Day Trips: Top 10s 2017
Hurricane Harvey tops the list of events that affected day trippers in 2017
"...6) The legendary Cypress Creek Cafe in Wimberley was destroyed by fire. It..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat
Visit these five watering holes while you can
"...more relaxed river experience head to River Acres or Cypress Bend parks off Common Street on the north side..."

April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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