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Elisabeth Jimenez
Elisabeth Jimenez

Elisabeth joined Community Impact in October 2024 and covers news in Southwest Austin and Hays County, including education, environment and government issues. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin May 2024 with a degree in journalism and certificates in creative writing and environment and sustainability. In her free time, she enjoys catching live music in Austin, watching movies and doing art projects. Send tips, feedback or questions to [email protected].

Latest from Elisabeth Jimenez
Some Kyle, Fuentes and Ramage Elementary students will no longer have school bus services for the 2025-26 school year. (Brittany Anderson/Community Impact)
Some Hays CISD students to stop receiving school bus transportation
Attendees at the Hays County eighth annual Emergency Preparedness Fair will be able to connect with emergency first responders, similar to last year's event. (Courtesy Hays County)
Learn about disaster preparedness at the Hays County 8th annual Emergency Preparedness Fair
Hays County families can pick up backpacks with school supplies, get free health services and more at the Hays County Annual Back-to-School Health Fair. (Courtesy Hays County)
Free health services, backpacks at Hays County Back-to-School Health Fair
The Hays CISD board of trustees approved hire for assistant principals at Johnson High School, Dahlstrom and Wallace Middle Schools, and a new director of student services (Brittany Anderson/Community Impact)
Hays CISD gets new assistant principals, student services director
Kyle residents may see more security camera surveillance towers if the Kyle Police Department receives a grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. (Community Impact staff)
City of Kyle working to get more surveillance cameras if grant funded
The entrance to San Marcos city hall
ICYMI: Check out 3 major development updates in Hays County
Dripping Springs city officials are working on getting new wayfinding and monument signs installed in the city. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
Dripping Springs could get new wayfinding signs if approved
A firework ban is now in place for Mercer Street and other Dripping Springs historic districts, aimed to address various concerns including public, non-permitted use of fireworks during public events. (Elle Bent/Community Impact)
Fireworks now banned year-round in Dripping Springs historic districts
Hays County Commissioners are working on potential updates to the court's rules of procedure, conduct and decorum, which haven't been fully updated since 1998. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
Community concern postpones changes to Hays County Commissioners Court decorum rules
Some housing divisions and neighborhoods can utilize special housing districts for services like utilities or improved infrastructure. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
What to know about MUDs, HOAs and other special districts
people doing yoga poses
Pickleball, ice cream: Check out these Southwest Austin business updates
Hays County has experienced devastating weather events such as the Memorial Day Flood of 2015. Pictured here is the Blanco River low-water crossing in San Marcos inundated by flood. (Courtesy City of San Marcos)
Hays County officials approve plan to brace for floods, hailstorms, more
Cannon Ranch at Dripping Springs is just one of many housing developments that have opened in the Southwest Austin, Dripping Springs area. (Courtesy Ashton Woods/Cannon Ranch)
Southwest Austin, Dripping Springs grows with 6 housing developments from past year
Berms and swales in gardens and backyards are just one example of utilizing regenerative agriculture, a practice focused on environmental restoration. (Elisabeth Jimenez/Community Impact)
Locals turn to regenerative agriculture in times of drought; how to DIY
The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter is the only publicly operated intake shelter in Hays County. (Community Impact staff)
Hays County to lose San Marcos shelter services next year
wrapped candy kabobs
Taco Bell, Dripping Diamonds: 6 business updates in the Dripping Springs area
About 200 Hays County inmates are currently housed five hours away in Haskell County, but county officials are aiming to bring 100 inmates back to Hays County by 2026. (Amira Van Leeuwen/Community Impact)
Hays County enters contract with Haskell corrections facility to temporarily house inmates
A lawsuit against the Hays County Commissioners Court deemed the November 2024 Road Bond Election unlawful, alleging the court did not follow regulations for open meetings. (Amira Van Leeuwen/Community Impact)
Hays County to appeal ruling that voided $440M road bond
Ramage Elementary will open for the 2025-26 academic year at Hays CISD, two years after a May 2023 bond passed, including funds for the 17th elementary school. (Courtesy Hays CISD)
Hays CISD gears up to open 17th elementary school for 2025-26 school year
Local Hays County districts, including Dripping Springs ISD, Hays CISD and San Marcos CISD are waiting to adopt detailed staff compensation plans for the 2025-26 academic and fiscal year due to the 89th Texas Legislature's House Bill 2. (Elle Bent/Community Impact)
Hays County school districts adopt FY 2025-26 budgets; all-staff raises on hold