The city owned electric utility reports almost 850 customers are without power near Interstate 35 and Riverside Drive. The outage started at 10:28 p.m., the utility reports. Power likely won’t be restored until after 4 a.m., according to Austin Energy’... »
Yessiree, we all got spring early when many plants bloomed a month ahead of schedule. But I got one last blast with this Dutch iris on April 1. Guess it wanted to fool us. Peggy Martin is not fooling around this year. She’s finally got her feet in the ... »
Power has been restored to an estimated 4,000 Austin Energy customers who saw outages Tuesday in Central and West Austin due to a defective piece of equipment that connects overhead lines to underground lines, a company spokesman said. The power went o... »
Update 6:19 p.m.: No through traffic is being allowed beyond the WatersMark subdivision on Barton Creek Boulevard. Earlier: Traffic investigators are at the scene of a crash that has left one person dead just west of Austin, according to the Department... »
What caused such high E. coli levels in Bull Creek near Loop 360? In a Saturday front page story, we were told that dogs are using the creek as a bathroom, but no conclusive evidence has been found to support that. A reader pointed out that the monitor... »
It marked the start of the most devastating wildfire season in the recorded history of Texas. One year ago, Oak Hill residents were forced to evacuate after a wildfire started moving in on their homes. The Oak Hill wildfires burned 21 homes, and destro... »
