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Planning and Zoning Commission recommends denial of Bastrop Gateway zoning change
Despite changes to development plans, residents voiced concerns about the Bastrop Gateway project at a Special Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on May 9. (Jane Turchi/Community Impact) Bastrop's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-2 to recommend City Council deny a planned development district for the Bastrop Gateway project near Buc-ee's...
Development and climate change continue to threaten Balcones Canyonlands creatures
Stewards of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve checked in on the status of its most vulnerable residents at their last meeting. Debra Scott, who is the environmental project manager for Travis County, filled in members of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Coordinating Committee on species that are “up and coming on the endangered species list.” In Travis County, there are seven endangered species, one delisted species (the black-capped vireo) and 27 “species of concern.” In addition, there is a threatened species that is not covered by the BCCP, the Jollyville Plateau salamander.
3 community discussion groups inform the focus new Bastrop County Health Department
Local discussion groups have been held throughout Bastrop County with the help of Texas A&M regent professor Dr. Jim Burdine. (Jane Turchi/Community Impact) The Bastrop County public health task force held community discussion groups in the cities of Elgin, Smithville and Bastrop over the past month. Leaders of local efforts and nonprofits were in attendance at each meeting.
Trucks rolling with changes in Lockhart
With the grace period having ended, Lockhart City Police can now enforce traffic stops on large trucks and truck and trailer combinations within its city limits if the non-approved vehicles do not use a designated truck route. The new ordinance prohibiting non-approved vehicles was approved according to Lockhart Police Chief...
Elgin neighborhood floods due to new subdivision, residents say
ELGIN, Texas - Neighbors living in Bastrop County say they have experienced unprecedented flooding ever since development began on a new subdivision just up the road. MJ Messinger has been at her property for almost two decades. She shared videos and pictures of flooding on her property that she said only started in January 2023.
Affidavit: Warrant issued for man who allegedly shot, killed ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend
The Travis County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant for a man deputies said shot and killed a man at a bar in southeast Travis County early the morning of Friday, May 3, according to court documents.
Cedar Creek's team Meat the Creek cooks up a storm at High School BBQ state competition
By 6 a.m. Saturday, smoky aromas wafted through the parking lot of the Dell Diamond baseball complex in Round Rock. High school students in cowboy hats strode through the hazy dawn light with ribs and slabs of brisket flung over their shoulders. By that time, senior Connor Smith was already fussing with the traditional wood burning dual exhaust smoker, a giant pit on wheels with Texas shapes on the exhaust vents’ covers. ...
Lawsuit could halt Central Health’s $35 million a year transfers to UT Dell Medical School
District Judge Amy Clark Meacham will decide—based on a two-hour hearing held in her court Thursday—whether Central Health can continue transferring $35 million of the property taxes it collects each year to the University of Texas at Austin for Dell Medical School. The hearing stems from a lawsuit...
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