Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...A shining New Urbanist outpost: "a state-of-the-art, sustainable government campus that's among the best of its..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway

Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine

"...Transportation Policy Board on Monday night, nothing happened. Oh, state Rep. Terry Keel got into a shouting match with..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Head Out on the Highway

Reinvent the Wheel on One of These Cool Texas Road Trips

"...Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and Sunday 1:30-5pm. Admission. From Hwy. 71, take TX 304 south, 12 miles south of Bastrop,..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature

'Y' Can't We Be Friends?

The Fix290 Coalition provides a test case for highway and community compatibility

"...a kinder, gentler version of the elevated US 290/SH 71 interchange plan – for one thing, they want to..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

More Big-Box Brawling

Battle brewing in Lakeway over putting big-box store on city-owned land

"...over putting a big-box store on city-owned land on State Highway 71, land the city desperately wants to develop..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Peacock Politics in Western Travis County

Handful of holdout ranchers expected to sell their family spreads in name of what some see as suburban sprawl

"...is now the rather roadless stretches of farmland between State Highway 71 on the north and Hamilton Pool Road..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

And there are many places to find nuts and treats on the road

"...Hitting the highway east this holiday season? Want to know some great..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Post by Kate X Messer

Sailing Without Anchors

It's been more than two months since Bee Cave officials signed a controversial deal with the developers of a large-scale shopping center project, but peace has hardly returned to the valley in this semi-rural community.

"...lies at the confluence of three key roadways -- State Highway 71, RM 620, and RM 2244, or Bee..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Poorly Publicized Hearings on Toll Roads Stack the Deck

"...the Austin region – U.S. 290 East toward Manor, State Highway 71 East and U.S. 183 South at the..."

Sept. 20, 2007 Postmarks

Billy Clayton's Flying Circus

State, City Head for a Dogfight Over Mueller

"...being strafed by the low-flying puddle jumpers of the State Aircraft Pooling Board. The what? Think of it as..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lost Pines Found

How a handful of neighbors helped rebuild Bastrop County – one home at a time

"...erupting blazes. The sight, visible from the motel on Highway 71 to which her family had evacuated, twisted a..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Showdown at Lick Creek

As once clear water runs dark, a community defends its natural heart

"...Castletop Capital, an Austin investment firm with large real estate interests. The firm's co-founder is Mort Topfer, the former..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Praying for 183

"...State transportation officials first unveiled a design to refurbish US..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Naked City

"...hour would be southbound Dessau Road from Ruther­ford to Highway 183, followed by State Highway 71 coming into town..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Versatile Electronic Producer Qrion Finds Calm in Austin

I Hope It Lasts Forever arrives Friday at the Concourse Project

"...producer Qrion's (aka Momiji Tsukada) move to the United States from her hometown of Sapporo, situated on the northernmost..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Public Policy Priorities, on the austere beginning of the state's budget process. See "Cuts Just Keep On Coming."..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...our friends in Europe, welcome their investment in our state, and appreciate their interest in our laws, Texans are..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...Oak Hill, the junction of U.S. 290 West and State Highway 71. Other groups involved in the mediation are..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

Lake Travis Finally Considers Adding a Second High School

Reaching a tipping point

"...for 3,500 students; enrollment currently stands at about 3,700. State regulations allow campuses to reach 120% of capacity (or..."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Bitter Buzzing in Bee Cave

Local politicos, enviros sting each other over controversial mall project

"...conflicting opinions in one newspaper, the developer retracting his statements in another, and the Save Our Springs Alliance coming..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

ATX Television Fest: Friday Night Lights Reunion

It's been 10 years since the beloved football drama premiered

"...and that was after you survived late afternoon on Highway 71, near the airport and everlasting road construction. Who..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

A Tollway’s Toll on Trees

A fight to save the Gateway Twin Oaks

"...turn the 183 South corridor from U.S. 290 to State Highway 71 into a toll road. According to residents,..."

June 17, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

Get Registered to Vote by Monday

Oct. 5 deadline for Nov. 3 amendments election

"...vote and want to participate in the Nov. 3 state constitutional amendments election (yeah, we didn't really realize one..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

LCRA Express Spawns Hamilton Pool Traffic Jam

Despite plenty of reasons to go slow, the agency – and its developer friends – are in a big hurry

"...Country subdivision. The three tracts comprise 1,400 acres between State Highway 71 and Ranch Road 12, about six miles..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

No Foley's for Galleria

"...site, located at the confluence of three well-traveled roadways, State Highway 71, RM 620, and RM 2244. The site..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Y Not?

The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas

"..."The Y": the congested intersection in Oak Hill where Highway 71 branches off from 290 West and heads northwest,..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...find this interesting, because three paragraphs later Mr. Blodgett states, "More than 3,600 Austinites applied this spring for just..."

May 14, 2004 Column

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy

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

"...with some of the best swimming holes in the state. Now that the latest five-year drought has relaxed its..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Walk in Austin's Shoes

Curious tidbits and Austin arcana

"...Although 14 states have already legalized medical marijuana, Texas is not among..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Naked City

"...fast in the Senate but remain shut out of statewide offices. Gov. Rick Perry won another four-year term with..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

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