Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
The Lower Colorado River Authority has awarded the city of Woodcreek a $21,325 community development grant to build the first public park in this bite-size golf course community.
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
The Hays County Commissioners Court has invited representatives from more than a dozen cities and regulatory agencies to what promises to be a packed public meeting Thursday on groundwater, particularly a commercial well field in the Trinity...
Monday, August 11th, 2014
State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, who represents a meandering district that includes about a third of Hays County residents, has been appointed to the senate’s Natural Resources committee.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
The Maxwell Social Club has won a $25,000 grant to renovate its building in eastern Caldwell County.
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
The bills have come due for electricity that LCRA bought at inflated prices during a colder-than-normal winter.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
The Lower Colorado River Authority is proposing significant rate increases for Central Texas cities and Gulf Coast-area rice farmers, saying its operating costs aren't being covered. Critics say the agency should focus on cutting costs.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
The ongoing drought in Central Texas is claiming an innocent bystander: hydroelectricity. As the Lower Colorado River Authority limits water releases downstream, hydroelectricity — a power source that spurred the LCRA's creation almost 80 years ago —...
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
Most rice farmers in the lower Colorado River basin won't get irrigation water deliveries from the Highland Lakes this year, but Central Texas cities still worry that drinking water supplies could be depleted.
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has decided not to take action yet on a controversial plan that would almost surely cut off water from rice farmers in the lower Colorado River basin for a third straight...
Friday, December 27th, 2013
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) named Phil Wilson last week as its new general manager. Wilson will start on Feb. 1.