Bastrop County ESD No. 3 will break ground this September on a $2.5M Jasper Street EMS station to house ambulances, crew quarters and supervisors. The build is part of a plan to expand local ambulance coverage.

Cloudy, muggy morning in Austin; highs near 96°F and heat index near 104°F. City cooling centers and libraries are available for relief.

Booz Allen is acquiring Austin's Ultra I&C Mission Solutions for about $720M, adding hundreds of engineers and battlefield-ready software, edge compute and encryption tools.

UT Austin engineers turned a hydrogel textile into a jacket that harvests drinkable water from the air — tests show survival-scale yields and a path toward commercialization.

Bohème, a 20‑room boutique on Comal Street, will open this September with a rooftop lounge and cocktail bar. The hotel converts a former apartment into a design‑forward stay.

The owner of Elgin-Butler Brick Co. says a colleague used shell companies and below-market sales to strip assets and sell land, seeking more than $29 million in damages.

A boutique coworking firm will occupy a full floor at Sixth & Guadalupe, trimming Meta's massive 589,000‑sq‑ft Austin sublease and nudging downtown demand forward.

Raising Cane's opened its Tech Ridge location Monday with giveaways, live music and a $1,000 donation to the Austin Humane Society.

ATCEMS has ramped up recruiting and larger academy classes, but more than 100 vacancies and tight budgets keep overtime high across West Travis County.

A Travis County lawsuit argues DFPS labels parents on a Central Registry without adequate hearings after newborns were removed; a 2022 audit flagged missed opportunities in local investigations.

Ariana Grande's official Eternal Sunshine pop-up lands in downtown Austin with exclusive tour merch June 22–27. Shop is open 10 a.m.–8 p.m., no ticket required.

Seguin’s council approved a deal with GroundFloor to redevelop 101 E. Nolte St. into a 100-room boutique hotel with restaurants and event space, with construction eyed for late 2027 and a 2029 opening.

Red Oak Development has unveiled Canvas — a 350–400‑acre master‑planned community near Seguin that could bring up to 1,200 homes, parks and neighborhood retail.