The proposed transformation of the old Austin American-Statesman property on the south shore of Lady Bird Lake has moved a step forward after years of planning, but community members are beginning to voice opposition of certain elements of the proposal.
Danny Wilford, 34, was driving a 2017 freightliner dump truck when a 2014 Dodge 3500 pickup, trying to turn left on RM 165 from U.S. Highway 290, ran into him. The dump truck was going east on U.S. 290 and rolled onto its side, hit a light pole and then burst into flames. Wilford was pronounced dead at the scene, Texas DPS said. The crash happened at 5:51 p.m.
A provision of Texas’ elections law that penalizes and prohibits election officials and workers from encouraging voters to apply for mail-in voting is being challenged in a federal court Friday morning.
Law enforcement officials are still searching for a man in connection to the suspected murder of a Pflugerville woman, who was at the center of a CLEAR Alert last month.
That's in addition to the roughly 763,000 gallons of wastewater spilled into a tributary south of the facility stemming from the same leak, which Samsung said they discovered on Jan. 14.
Here's what you need to know leading up to the 2022 primary election.
Austin Water is answering questions following a citywide boil water notice last week, the third in just four years.
Utility providers have been making their own changes to ensure they can efficiently and equitably manage power demand during a crisis.
A year after a winter storm led to a cascading power failure that left millions of Texans in the dark and cold, most of the pressure has been on the state's natural gas wells and power plants that froze up during the storm. When the cold gripped those power generators, ERCOT forced power providers — such as Oncor and Austin Energy — to shut off power to as many customers as they could to keep the whole system from collapsing. KXAN Investigators dug into what your power provider could do in those... Читать дальше...
Greg Meszaros, the director of Austin Water, has resigned amid questions regarding the city's third boil water notice in the past four years. Meszaros resignation was confirmed by a memo from Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk.
Daniel Avitia was appointed to the top spot Thursday following a closed-door session by the TxDMV board. Avitia joined the agency in 2014.
AISD announced Thursday that fine arts and athletic event capacities due to COVID-19 are no longer in effect, but all attendees are still required to wear masks.
AUSTIN (KXAN) - It isn't unusual for temperatures in Austin to be a few degrees warmer than the surrounding counties. There's a reason for this, and it's called the urban heat island effect. In this First Warning Weather University lesson, Chief Meteorologist David Yeomans explains the urban heat island effect and what it means to [...]
They say this new addition couldn't come at a better time.
When people think back on U.S. skater Nathan Chen's golden performance in Beijing, one of the first things they'll think about is his bold music choices.
This is Green Brick’s first Austin-area project, which it will complete under its Trophy Signature Homes brand.
A large portion of Thursday’s board of trustees’ information meeting centered around the district's current fiscal situation, the budget deficit and what leaders need to do to ensure a balanced budget for the next school year. Currently, the district says it is implementing district-wide teacher leveling, changing the district policy for travel and cellphone allowances and eliminating vacant positions to address the budget deficit.
Fire crews say surveillance video shows the fire started small and quickly grew burning the back porch and a couple of bedroooms.
Police got a call about the wreck at 3:20 a.m. They don't know if another vehicle is involved.
All eyes will be on Olympic hockey Friday as the U.S. men's hockey team faces Canada in the preliminary round at 10 p.m. CT Friday.
U.S. snowboarding legend Shaun White finished just off the podium in fourth at his fifth Olympic Winter Games.
Two people died after two separate crashes involving motorcycles Thursday night in Austin.
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - Founder and CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, is scheduled to give an update on the Starship program at the Boca Chica site later today. Several months after successfully launching and landing the Starship SN15 prototype during a high-altitude test flight, Musk is scheduled to give an update on the Starship program [...]
It's the third-biggest industry in Austin, and it's struggling.
One person was taken to an area hospital after a multi-vehicle crash near southwest Austin Thursday evening, Austin-Travis County EMS reported.