“We will continue to utilize the data and science to make decisions, but at this point, we are not ready to go to a virtual option,” Elizalde said in an interview with KXAN.
How long will we be dealing with this surge of COVID-19, fueled by the omicron variant? Health leaders predict it's going to be at least a couple months.
APH reports 1 in 3 residents are now testing positive — this comes as the area veers toward a return to Stage 5 risk-based guidelines for COVID.
APD said Egypt Catai West, 27, was driving a Ford Escape when a truck carrying solid waste was forced over a concrete divider after it was hit by a Ford F-150 pickup. West's Escape then hit the truck, sending both off the road according to APD. Emergency responders arrived at the scene at 7:53 a.m. and West was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:04 a.m.
During a Tuesday morning drug bust, the Cedar Park Police Department said they issued 13 federal indictments and have arrested 10 so far.
The city's EMS department serves 2.2 million people across Austin and Travis County and covers more than 1,000 square miles. The chief is responsible for "strategic planning, leadership, and oversight of all operations of the EMS Department," the city said in a press release.
Doctors say too much screen time is linked to anxiety and depression, inability to focus, sleep problems and neck and back pain. That's why doctors have launched a campaign to get you to unplug.
Both healthcare companies plan to continue to offer tests as long as needed.
Westwood (19-2) hosts Round Rock (17-4) Tuesday night in the second district game of the season for each team. You can watch the game live on KBVO and KXAN.com at 7 p.m.
They say no one was hurt, and they are investigating what started the fire.
Texas had a much better Saturday, with the Longhorns defense shutting down West Virginia 74-59, improving to 11-0 in the 21-22 season when holding their opponents to under 60 points.
The district's Board of Trustees met behind closed doors to discuss a recommendation to place the district's superintendent on leave.
For most of the month of December, Central Texas weather was dominated by the above average temperatures. This is because we just experienced the warmest December on record in Austin.
President Darrin Barker of Corix Utilities said they started getting reports about the outage Sunday morning. The utility was able to dispatch crews and locate the leak that day.
Two of Austin Public Health's COVID-19 metrics are now above the threshold required to move to Stage 5 in the city's risk-based guidelines.
As Texas students head back to the classroom after the holidays the state is grappling with its fasting-growing COVID-19 surge to date, giving pediatricians more concern about unvaccinated children.
"We had an overwhelming response at our 11 hubs," said Alana Bejarano, AISD's director of health services. "We’ve done over 1200 tests in a short time frame."
A hearing between the Austin Police Association (APA) and the City of Austin concluded the city violated contract agreements by allowing the Office of Police Oversight (OPO) to improperly investigate complaints against officers and interview witnesses without having the authority to do so.
No classes are being canceled, and all campuses and offices will stay open for business, student services and library use.
A sign of hope is beaming on a Burkburnett family that lost their house to a fire on Sunday.
QR code stickers on city of Austin public parking meters could have people paying a fraudulent vendor.
According to Austin Police Department, Ronald Christopher Martin was seen by an officer who was out on a separate call near the Payless located at 5001 W. U.S. 290.
