Travis County and the City of Austin have been placed under preemptive disaster declarations due to high wildfire risks, local officials announced on Monday morning. During a joint press conference, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — City of Austin and Travis County leaders spoke Friday morning on preparations ahead of this weekend’s winter storm. “Winter is here,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said at the beginning of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County authorities are urging people to only call 911 for emergencies during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. It's illegal to set off fireworks within Austin city limits and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas — Austin city leaders held a press conference Friday morning to share more information about preparations for the upcoming winter weather. Mayor Kirk Watson was joined by ...

AUSTIN COUNTY, Texas — An entity known as EmberYork Energy Center LLC is considering investing between $750 million and $800 million to build a natural gas-fired power plant in Austin County, west of ...

Mere hours before a wintry blast is forecast to land in Central Texas, area emergency and municipal leaders continue to ramp up preparation efforts to weather the storm. The city of Austin and Travis ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County Emergency Services said they’ve seen more interest from potential candidates than ever before. Captain Shannon Koesterer said ATCEMS received 350 applications by ...