A Liquid Proposition

Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands are few and far between: can they do the job they are meant to do?

"...climbs out of the white Ford Explorer with the city of Austin emblem emblazoned on its side. Dressed in..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Dripping Springs Keeps Growing, But Can the Dining Scene Keep Up?

Austin real estate pushes restaurateurs beyond city limits

"...just west of Oak Hill to the Dripping Springs city limit...."

June 9, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...Austin to Dripping Springs, the biggest town in northern Hays County. Four feet below this earth, LCRA is laying..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline

Twenty years of progress

"...on the Circle C development in Southwest Austin, and City Council approves four Municipal Utility Districts to serve Circle..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...trip around the league. The grand finale is a "citywide" celebration at Fiesta Gardens on Tuesday, June 6...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

UPDATE: Flood of Relief

In tragedy's wake, Central Texas continues to care for her own

"...Parenting and More, Sat., June 27, 9am-2pm at BabyEarth store in Round Rock. 100% proceeds go to TX flood..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...In your May 4 issue, city of Austin Public Information Officer Michele Middlebrook-Gonzalez wrote in..."

May 18, 2001 Column

Day Trips & Beyond: November Travel Roundup

Port A's Harvey recovery, Millican's pecan pie, and fall travel news

"...Cottages are gone. The old Biltmore and Son hardware store had to be bulldozed. But after the herculean cleanup..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Southeast of Austin, an Unarmed Immigrant's Killing Galvanizes a Quest for Justice

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...The country flattens as you cross from Hays to Caldwell County, just east of San Marcos. The..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Council Watch

Details of the Bradley Settlement are finally made public and opened up to debate; Bill Spelman announces that he will not run for re-election to Place 5.

"...formal statements yet from the SOS Alliance or the Hays County Water Planning Partnership (HCWPP) -- off-the-record reactions from..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

A Redhead, Pink Pony, and Kaleidoscope in This Weekend’s Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...local criminal justice activists. The current editor of the Caldwell/Hays Examiner, Renaud spent 27 years in Texas prisons, winning..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...to add at least 20 new gates to expand capacity as it struggles to serve millions more passengers each..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

In the Jailhouse Now

"...Wall held a benefit to raise money for country-punker/ex-HickoidDick Hays, whose house burned after his pet iguana apparently knocked..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...Barton Springs Road, Campi has fonder memories of the 1,500-capacity hall when it was the Sportcenter, where he and..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a disproportionate share of infrastructure that benefits the entire city but has localized negatives. No issue exists in a..."

May 5, 2006 Column

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...and Second streets. What's there? Nothing. Well, the Schneider Store is still standing, but not Liberty Lunch. A local..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Another City Shake-UpOn Friday, Interim City Manager Jesús Garza announced more..."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Feature

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...Austin scene had been dealt a crippling blow. The city had just passed an ordinance making it a crime..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...whole spectrum of amazing brews out in wilderness of Hays County for half a decade. Flix Brewhouse Flagship (81..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...Fez in the Middle Ages were awed by the city's advanced developments in the arts, medicine, mathematics, and philosophy...."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"

Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers

"...NYC-born-and-bred, Gavin was aware of the Stooges/Dolls/Velvets/Warhol/Max's Kansas City demimonde as he grew up, but way too young..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy

Day Trips on the best barbecue and swimming holes in Central Texas

"...Just 32 miles south of the capital city, San Marcos is a cool college town with big..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Updated Wildfire Relief Information

Updated Wednesday, September 7, 1:14pm

"...From the City of Austin Office of Homeland Security: Before Spicewood residents..."

Sept. 7, 2011 News Post by Anne Harris

A Lively Crowd Seeks the Open House District 51 Seat

The Southeast Seven

"...Education Austin, and AFSCME, the union that represents most city and county employees...."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Election 2022: We Got Ourselves Some Contests!

Filing has now concluded for the March 1 primaries

"...the top of the ticket. Our old friend Susan Hays, stalwart progressive attorney and activist in Dallas and Austin,..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Notes

Council considers toll study and Mexican-American Cultural Center

"...City Council optimistically gave a finish date of July for..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...3) Community chemical collections were reinstated in Hays County, and tons of household chemicals were collected and..."

May 21, 2004 Column

Postmarks

A tawdry Kelsonian cababble.

"...own studies planning for over 20,000 connections. The physical capacity of a 24-inch diameter line matched with big pumps..."

June 9, 2000 Column

Local and National Gifts for the Politically Minded

Goodwill to all and coal for a few

"...bring joy to your recipient and financially support a city-by-city and county-by-­county movement to mobilize Texas Demo­crats by rallying..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...to keep the Indigenous people and settlers separated. The city purchased the property in 1959 after all but one..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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