Nora Ankrum

The Shoal Creek Conservancy is hosting a series of upcoming lunchtime forums that will address a variety of issues pertaining to Shoal Creek. All will be held on Tuesdays, from noon to 1 p.m. The first forum, on water quality, will be held March 22 at Cirrus Logic Conference Center, 700 West Ave. The next […]

The city has announced a series of upcoming opportunities for public engagement with CodeNEXT, the ongoing effort to update the city’s Land Development Code. In-person events include an April 4 public-input session with the CodeNEXT Advisory Group (location to be announced) and an April 6 “community walk” beginning at 9 a.m. at Once Over Coffee, […]

The city’s Watershed Detectives program has been awarded the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District’s Groundwater Stewardship Award for its educational work with middle school students. The program, which is part of the Watershed Protection Department, includes “field investigation” field trips in which students have gone caving, conducted water quality testing and participated in other educational […]

Eastside Memorial High School has won $10,000 in the statewide competition for the Rather Prize, co-founded by news anchor Dan Rather and his grandson Martin Rather. The prize goes to the school that proposes “the best idea for improving education,” according to an announcement from the Austin Independent School District. Called the “STEP Up Challenge,” […]

A dedication ceremony today will commemorate the reopening of Auditorium Shores’ East Lawn, newly rechristened as Vic Mathias Shores. Improvements to this part of the park are part of an ongoing redevelopment of the area that began with Auditorium Shores West Lawn in 2013. The new name recognizes a longtime chief executive officer of the […]

The Parks and Recreation Department is hosting two open house meetings this week to gather input on the Aquatic Master Plan, which will ultimately help guide city planning for improvements and programming at Austin’s pools. The feedback gathered at the meetings is intended to “help a team of architects, pool industry experts and city staff […]

A new fitness station – paid for by savings from City Council Member Ellen Troxclair’s District 8 office – is now available to park users at Dick Nichols District Park in Southwest Austin. In celebration of the newly installed equipment, Troxclair and the Parks and Recreation Department are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, March […]

More than two dozen roosters captured in the course of a Valentine’s Day cockfighting bust are now in recovery and needing homes, according to an announcement from Animal Services. Not all of the roosters survived the injuries incurred before their rescue by Travis County sheriff’s deputies, but the 26 that did survive are now in […]

For those of you who didn’t make it to early voting for the Republican and Democratic primary elections – and judging by Friday’s tally of remaining registered voters, there are 549,938 of you – today is the day. Voters will be casting ballots not only for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees but in local […]

This year’s “It’s My Park Day” will be the largest in the event’s history, according to an announcement from the Austin Parks Foundation, which hosts the annual event. In its 14th year, the event is actually several in one. On Saturday, March 5, more than 3,500 volunteers will be participating in 115 improvement projects around […]

The Travis Central Appraisal District and Circuit of the Americas have reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding market valuations of the Formula One racetrack over the last three years. “Relying on their respective independent appraisers and seeking to limit the cost and uncertainty of further litigation, both COTA and TCAD were able to arrive […]

Early voting for the March 1 primary election ended on Friday with 14.45 percent of Travis County voters (92,914 people in total) having cast their ballots. Early voting was held Feb. 16-26, during which time 31,895 Travis County Republicans voted, as did nearly twice as many Democrats (61,019). Election Day on Tuesday offers the final […]