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The long-closed Seaholm Intake Facility on Lady Bird Lake is being eyed for a community-focused redevelopment that could open the historic Art Deco structure to the public.
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The Austin ISD Board of Trustees approved new attendance boundaries for General Marshall Middle School and Linder Elementary,…
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Emergency crews were called to a Buda neighborhood after a chlorine leak was reported, prompting a response from Hays County…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company will be winding down Cybertruck production at its Austin Gigafactory, raising…
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The City Council approved about $4.1 million in nonprofit contract extensions before receiving a staff memo noting compliance…
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JD’s Supermarket says losing its Riverside gas pumps could jeopardize a business that serves as a grocery store and gathering…
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A judge has scheduled a competency hearing for Shane James Jr. instead of the jury selection that was expected to begin Monday.…
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A Texas environmental group reports finding PFAS in every Texas waterway sample it tested, including two collected along the…
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Josue Salinas Jr. was convicted of three child sexual abuse offenses and sentenced to two life terms in Hays County. The cases…
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Mary Etta Sephus is suing Manor ISD, the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Mike Morath over the 2024 killing of…
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The Air Force identified Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson as the service member who died after falling during a pregame ceremony at the…
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Rouse High School senior Brinda Morisetty, 17, won the high school division of Williamson County’s “I Voted” sticker contest.…
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Leander City Council authorized a public-records request and is seeking support from other property owners to restore Lakewood…
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Austin and the University of Texas are working on a deal that would transfer ownership of Lions Municipal Golf Course to the…
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Austin’s youth population fell by more than 17,000 between 2019 and 2024, according to Generation ATX research. The city…
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A vehicle stop involving ICE near South 973 and State Highway 71 led to a search of nearby water Thursday after two men…
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Del Valle ISD Superintendent Matthew Gutierrez will leave the district Nov. 6, two years after taking the job, to pursue an…
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Dell Children’s Medical Center says its fetal care team has completed Central Texas’ first in-utero operation to treat…
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East Austin has far less tree cover than neighborhoods west of I-35, leaving residents more exposed to heat. City grants and…
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Two people died and a third was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after an SUV struck a curb, overturned and caught…
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Hays County commissioners are reviewing proposed development rules focused on water supplies, groundwater quality, drainage and…
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A 17-year-old says a man attacked him near his home while he was walking his dog Saturday night. Round Rock police are…
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Austin says it is close to an agreement with the University of Texas that would transfer Lions Municipal Golf Course to city…
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The FBI says Imer Gomez is wanted in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 400 people, many of them…
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An adult died after being struck by a vehicle in southeast Austin shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday. Emergency crews reported the…
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Austin police arrested Nelson Egwu in connection with an investigation into dogs kept in a garage in Pflugerville, where one dog…
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The city is gathering public input for its 2026 Transit Development Plan, which will guide changes to SMTX The Bus and the…
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The state has activated flood-rescue crews, emergency medical teams and other resources ahead of severe weather expected in West…
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Two proposed changes to Austin’s No Wrong Door program would add a community advisory group and require more reporting on…
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A power outage affected parts of Austin-Bergstrom’s Barbara Jordan Terminal beginning around 5:18 p.m. Tuesday. Airport…
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Certified property values fell about 1.8%, far below the growth city officials had assumed, squeezing Georgetown’s borrowing…
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An adult pedestrian was killed Tuesday night after being struck by a vehicle near North Lamar Boulevard and Sagebrush Drive in…
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County commissioners approved a request for a formal TCEQ public meeting on a proposed 1,300-megawatt natural gas plant tied to…
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Austin’s planned light rail still depends on securing more than $4 billion in federal support. That sum would cover about half…
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Bastrop County commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday asking Texas environmental regulators to hold a formal public meeting…
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Commissioners restored $10,000 in county grant funding to San Marcos’ Price Center after a new application process led staff to…