After ICE shooting, Austin community organizes protests, neighborhood resources
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Development updates, Lammes Candies: Read 6 trending stories in the Austin area | Round Rock
Check out six Austin-area stories trending Sept. 28-Oct. 2. Round Rock OKs alcohol sales in The District Round…
Austin suddenly takes over management of Zilker Botanical Garden
The Zilker Botanical Garden is under full city of Austin management starting Thursday. Up until now, the city…
ACL Fest 2026: See the Weekend 1 photos you’ll wish you were in
The first day of Austin City Limits Music Festival brought rain and soupy mud to Zilker Park, but…
Floodgates open at Wirtz and Starcke dams, sending water into Lake Travis
Update: Floodgates at Wirtz and Starcke dams closed Friday evening, and the flood watch ended. The Lower Colorado…
In 1938, a Texas family bought a ranch near Austin; 87 years later, a 202-acre conservation deal added protection to a 6,600-acre landscape that holds 10% of the Barton Creek watershed
Shield Ranch Barton CreekPhoto credit: @jvailphotography/ Instagram In 1938, Fred and Vera Shield of San Antonio bought a…
Women’s Soccer Draws with Austin College
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Is Texas’ high-speed rail line still happening?
There’s one thing Texans can all agree on: The traffic in the Lone Star State is no joke.…
Power play: Texas counties seek right to regulate burgeoning data centers
Data centers’ rapid rise across Central Texas poses a problem for county officials: The facilities can significantly impact…
Rain, mud, and music: ACL 2026 kicks off Weekend One at Zilker Park
2026 ACL Weekend One kicks off Heavy rainfall transformed the Austin City Limits Music Festival grounds into a…
Emancipet celebrates expanded East Austin clinic named for former CEO | East Austin
Emancipet, a nonprofit that provides low-cost veterinary care, celebrated the opening of the Amy Mills Emancipet Clinic at…
I-35 shut down in Austin for hours after semi-truck hits bridge
In a social media update shared at 1:15 p.m. Friday, October 2, the Austin Police Department confirmed the…