Updated May 24 at 10:20 p.m. With all precincts reporting districtwide, unofficial final voting results show Dr. Dawn Buckingham, with 61.34 percent of the vote, or 26,413 votes, the winner of the Republican primary election runoff…continue reading
Posted at 10:35 p.m. May 24 Jeff Travillion won the Precinct 1 Democratic nomination for Travis County commissioner, earning 67.1 percent of the vote, or 2,611 votes, according to unofficial final results released May 24. Travillion’s…continue reading
Round Rock Chamber of Commerce hosted a lunch May 24 during which Round Rock ISD Superintendent Steve Flores talked about the district’s ever-growing options for students. Architecture firm O’Connell Robertson, which was recently hired by…continue reading
Teachers and other district staff members at Round Rock ISD will receive a 2 percent pay increase for the 2016-17 school year. The RRISD board adopted the pay increase during its May 19 board meeting…continue reading
After hosting two public meetings to receive community input, Leander ISD’s administration presented Scenario C to the board of trustees May 19. Jimmy Disler, LISD’s senior executive director of operations, said 25 people attended the May…continue reading
Kathy and Kirby Walker, owners of Niks Kitchen+Bar, collaborated with Ashley and Ross Goolsby to create a casual, waterfront restaurant adjacent to the Sandy Creek Yacht Club on Lake Travis. Niks on the Lake, located…continue reading
Although ownership of the real estate on which four Rudy’s Country Store and Bar-B-Q locations sit has changed hands, the recent land deal will not affect the barbecue restaurant chain’s Austin operations, an official for the…continue reading
The Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corp., which is a nonprofit corporation that is responsible for electric service projects in Texas, submitted 31 possible routes for a proposed 138-kilovolt line to the Public Utilities…continue reading
St. David’s HealthCare has acquired 52 acres of land in Leander to build a freestanding emergency department by 2017 and a future full-service hospital, St. David’s announced May 12. The facility will be built on…continue reading
In March, when Lake Travis reached 100 percent capacity for water-supply purposes, Austin Water was already working on a set of proposed changes to its water-conservation efforts. Austin Water, which provides water services to city…continue reading