Austin Returns to Stage 4 of COVID Risk Guidelines

Amid spike in community transmission, officials urge all to mask up

"...this summer’s surge driven by the Delta variant and transmission largely among unvaccinated individuals...."

Dec. 29, 2021 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Omicron Rising in Austin

Amidst latest surge, one in three Austinites getting tested is positive for COVID

"...Austin's community transmission rate – the seven-day case rate per 100,000..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin Enters Stage 5 of COVID Risk Guidelines

More important than ever to mask up, urge health officials

"...“The omicron variant is overwhelming our community, and it’s starting to take its toll on our..."

Jan. 6, 2022 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Public Notice: What Doesn't Kill You ...

Maybe Omicron is a good thing?

"...Stage 4 of the COVID Risk-Based Guidelines, because "the Community Transmission Rate, test positivity rate and the 7-day moving..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Don't Give the Gift of COVID This Season: Get Tested!

How to sign up for free testing with Austin Public Health

"...Amidst Austin's high community transmission rate, Austin Public Health officials are urging residents..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

New COVID Orders for Businesses Now in Effect

Businesses now required to post signage explaining health prevention measures

"...COVID-19 Risk-Based Guide­lines amid significant spikes in the local community transmission rate (CTR) and hospitalizations. With hospitalization data including..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...jet fuel storage facility away from homes during a community meeting March 8. Attendees said previous fuel storage in..."

March 11, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...from the same average this time last week. Austin's community transmission rate is 436, and the local test positivity..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...COVID-19 Risk-Based Guidelines this week amid spikes in Austin's community transmission rate, test positivity, and the seven-day average for..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...In Other COVID News: Austin's community transmission rate has jumped to 113.6, which is considered..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Feature

New Data Shows Slightly Fewer Unhoused Austinites

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) releases new report

"...Responding to calls for updated data, the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) released a report today showing a..."

May 21, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...HIV-negative person, PrEP is 99% effective in blocking the transmission of HIV – a disease that has killed more..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

UT Health Austin Among First in Texas to Receive Pfizer Vaccine

But health officials issue dire warning about current transmission rates

"...a matter of two to three weeks should disease transmission continue at today's rate. Since the beginning of the..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

City Announces Limitations to Dine-In and Drink Service for New Year's and Beyond

Gov. Abbott pushes back: “This shutdown order by Austin isn’t allowed”

"...Authority Dr. Mark Escott described the region’s COVID-19 infection rate as a “critical” situation and implored the public against..."

Dec. 29, 2020 News Post by Kevin Curtin

Twisting in the Wind

Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done

"...apparently confirmed when AE announced plans to lower the rate – but that the GreenChoice program itself hides the..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Growing Chorus

Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C

"...of HCV infections are passed through sex, but sexual transmission of HCV is thought to be much less common..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...Now, Duncan and AE are asking for the community's input, help, and attention in deciding on the mix..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Right Now, COVID-19 Is “Spreading Quickly in an Uncontrolled Fashion”

All of a sudden, is it too late?

"...Three months after Austinites brought the metro area's rate of COVID-19 transmission down to nearly zero – amid..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

COVID-19 Comes Back Strong

Vigilance urged lest pandemic overwhelm hospitals, holidays

"..."If we don't increase our vigilance as a community right now, then Thanksgiving is gonna look bad, and..."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...the 2020 target, and Council had just established a communitywide goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050...."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...MC" Bavu Blakes. "I'm a hip-hop guy. We've always moderated this, endured this, responded to this. That's who we..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...Western Interconnection, with multiple operators; the Texas grid is operated by the state-chartered nonprofit Electric Reliability Council of Texas,..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

False Accusations

"...a "speeding tractor dragging a large brush ruptured its transmission fluid over the floor of the pool." The truth..."

March 21, 1997 Column

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...the municipal treasury. More on that later. First, some community background. [inset-1-right]..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Keeping Austin Green

The Parks budget finally got a boost, but the real job has just begun

"...city's current goal hasn't been to keep our parkland first-rate; it's been to keep our parks from crumbling altogether...."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Police Live by Their Own COVID Rules, It Seems

A closer look at vaccine and mask policies among Austin's first responders

"...infected. And wearing masks and face coverings indoors reduces transmission of the virus, offering another layer of protection that's..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

An HIV-Free Generation?

New clinic to help city, county eradicate HIV

"...the pre-exposure prophylaxis that's 99% effective in blocking the transmission of HIV), as well as getting and keeping those..."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Off the Record

Putting on the gloves for round three of Fun Fun Fun Fest, Dangerous Toys go platinum, and Okkervil River stands for a fire demon

"...Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment thinks of his brainchild Fun Fun Fun Fest..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Safe Sex is No Sex

"...legislative aides about his guidelines. His first efforts in community education began in the late 1980s with his self-published..."

May 30, 1997 News Feature

Sudden Death for McKalla Place?

It's June. Expect a soccer showdown.

"...proposal had been established: a projected $354 million in community benefits to the city over 25 years; the $200..."

June 8, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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