Katy McAfee

For the first time since 2019, Travis County’s annual medical examiner report shows a significant dip in drug deaths. Total drug deaths decreased 22% from 2023 to 2024, and deaths involving fentanyl fell by 36%.

An appeals court sided with Attorney General Ken Paxton over whether San Marcos's marijuana decriminalization ordinance is legal.

Travis County officials said they determined the April 13 explosion was not criminal or suspicious in nature and that the investigation is entering its final stages.

Wheatsville has launched a community investment campaign to fund several smaller format stores in North Austin neighborhoods.

Last Saturday, it looked like Green Mesquite BBQ’s oldest and last standing location on Barton Springs Road would close. But longtime staff pooled in thousands of dollars in personal savings to keep it open.

The Trump Administration's latest tariffs have not gone into effect yet, but Toy Joy COO Robby Pettinato said many vendors have already started “exorbitantly” raising prices, forcing the store to pass that onto customers.

Organizaciones sin fines de lucro ayudan a personas refugiadas a pagar la renta y la comida, encontrar empleo, acceder a beneficios médicos e inscribirse en la escuela. El fin de la financiación federal podría hacer que muchos de estos servicios prácticamente desaparezcan en Austin.

Nonprofits help refugees pay for rent and groceries, land jobs, sign up for medical benefits and enroll in school. The end of federal funding could mean these services disappear.

Just like the original site, the new gallery will be free and open to the public. The building and its accompanying concrete structures spell “HOPE” from a bird's-eye view, an acronym for Helping Other People Everywhere.

The bomb squad was called in around 8 a.m. Monday to the showroom off 183. APD says the devices found were intended to start a fire.