Lady Bird Lake

Larger “mats” of the goopy-green algae typically appear floating in creeks or along lakeshores between late May and early August.

Once complete, the bridge will connect the city's most popular trail at a long-overlooked corner of the lake. A nearby pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley Road is already tunneled through.

The water fell about 2 feet below normal Tuesday after a floodgate got stuck. This is at least the third time water levels have noticeably dropped in the last six months.

Maintaining and operating the Longhorn Dam, built in 1960, has occasionally proved challenging for the City of Austin.

Meet us at Rivian Austin for a chat about the best places to run and walk in Austin before our reporters lead the group along a section of the trail on Lady Bird Lake.

Running is not only a great way to relieve stress, but also a good way to get out of your neighborhood and see the nature and beauty of Austin.

The three-pronged crossing with a plaza the middle will bridge the Butler Trail's biggest gap.

For the fourth year in a row, city contractors will apply a treatment to Lady Bird Lake to try to fight the growth of toxic cyanobacteria. The modified clay targets the phosphorus that the algae feed on.

Many people wonder whether the Colorado River that runs through Texas is related to the other Colorado River that created the Grand Canyon. It's not.

Lawyers argued the city violated state law when it created a tax increment refinancing zone, or TIRZ, across several South Austin neighborhoods. The city's plan would have used property taxes to fund, in part, the former Austin American-Statesman site.