Buchanan Dam
Buchanan Dam, TX · Municipal
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Over A Million Bats Pour Out From Under One Texas Bridge In Austin, Every Evening Before They Leave For Winter
Almost every warm evening, a dark ribbon unspools from under a busy city bridge in Texas. It can keep going for up to 45 minutes. That ribbon is bats, up to 1.5 million of them. Who expects a wildlife spectacle above rush-hour traffic?. A bridge renovation in 1980 left narrow...
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Austin’s beloved 800-pound dinosaur is relocated as Wheatsville Guadalupe closes
Wheatsville Co-op capped off a 45-year-run in Central Austin on Sunday when it shut down its Guadalupe location due to declining sales, rising rent and uncertainty about construction in the area. “It’s been really difficult to remain a sustainable grocery store here as far as the economic pressure that a...
hoodline.com
Austin Keeps Crown as Top College Town While Plano Cracks Texas Top 3
Austin has once again been crowned the best college town in America, topping WalletHub's 2027 rankings for a fifth consecutive year, while Plano quietly carved out a spot among Texas's notable college towns at No. 54 overall. The personal finance site evaluated 415 cities nationwide, weighing everything from tuition costs to job prospects for graduates, and Texas cities populated much of the list from top to bottom.
CBS Austin
FM 812 near COTA reopens after water leak; Austin Water to start permanent repairs Monday
AUSTIN, Texas — All lanes of FM 812 near Circuit of the Americas are back open today after a water leak drastically impacted traffic into COTA earlier today. Austin Water says permanent repairs are scheduled to begin tomorrow. When the leak was first reported, city officials diverted traffic off...
mySanAntonio.com
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James Talarico slams Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Senate seat: "Texas is not for sale"
Austin, Texas - Senate candidate James Talarico of Texas recently called out billionaire Elon Musk for attempting to buy up elections for the Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections. While giving a speech at the University of Texas at Austin on Friday, Talarico blatantly sent a message to the X and Space X CEO: "Texas is not for sale." "Elon Musk is trying to buy the Senate seat. We just found out that the richest man in the world is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the US Senate and stop the movement that we are building in our state," Talarico s...
fox7austin.com
Some Webb Middle School parents say they were misled in petition to close campus
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin ISD's Burnet and Webb middle schools received five consecutive "F ratings from the Texas Education Agency. Now, the district faces a potential state takeover. Some parents say they’re confused about a petition that could help determine their school’s future. The Webb Middle School PTA...
CBS Austin
Parks Board creates Zilker preservation group amid ACL lawn damage
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin’s Parks and Recreation Board voted Monday night to create a working group dedicated to Zilker Park’s future. After this year’s ACL Festival left parts of the park muddy and damaged, some board members wanted to take a closer look at how the city can care for and preserve it.
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Austin Signs Five-Year Tech Pact With Finland's Tampere, Eyes Robotics Boom
Austin and the Finnish city of Tampere have formalized a five-year agreement meant to deepen economic ties between the two tech hubs, with a focus on robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. The deal arrived as a delegation of Finnish technology companies spent two weeks touring Texas, stopping first in the Dallas-Fort Worth area before landing in Austin to take in Austin Tech Week.