Thursday, December 10th, 2015
Contractors working for Hays County began the process on Monday of installing flatbed railroad cars over the Blanco River as a temporary replacement for the Post Road bridge destroyed in Memorial Day weekend flood on May 24. The project is expected to cost no more than $150,000.
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
Because work on construction of a permanent Blanco River bridge is moving forward faster than expected, an interim structure would have had a short lifespan, Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley said.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
With construction of a permanent replacement not expected to begin until sometime next summer, Hays County Pct. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant says he is moving quickly to build a temporary crossing where floodwaters destroyed the Post Road-Blanco...
Saturday, September 5th, 2015
UPDATED 10:17 a.m. SEPT. 5 | The state transportation agency anticipates construction will take 82 days from start to finish, excluding weekends and weather delays.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
UPDATED 12:19 p.m. JULY 14 | More than seven weeks after the historic Blanco River flood dismantled the low-lying Post Road bridge in northern San Marcos, state transportation officials have agreed to allocate federal bridge...
Friday, January 4th, 2013
A one-vehicle crash into a utility pole on Post Road claimed the life of a 19-year-old San Marcos man on Christmas Day.
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
High winds and waning humidity have extended the life of a fire that began yesterday within a half-mile west of Post Road near the San Marcos-Blanco Cemetery.
Friday, September 9th, 2011
The unidentified skull found on the banks of the Blanco River six months ago has apparently not been identified, though police on Sept. 9 renewed their search for the remains of Kyle resident Laurie Pineda, who disappeared...
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Two San Marcos electric substations were knocked out simultaneously at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, leaving parts of the city without electricity for about an hour and a half.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
An unidentified vehicle collided with a San Marcos residence Monday and sped away. The vehicle demolished some fencing and hit a cluster of utility meter boxes on the side of a multi-family residential building at 1648 Post...