With reliable transportation, the pines became valuable resources for their raw lumber and turpentine. Homes were built, ships were made seaworthy. Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen rose from the ...

Homes along Gotier Trace Road and Park Road 1C had their evacuations lifted, but homes off Pines Park Drive remain under ... residents have already been able to return home. Texas Parks and Wildlife, ...

Where can Bastrop County residents vote on Election Day? We have the list. Texas voting hours on Election Day are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at polling places statewide. Bastrop County participates in the ...

Fire crews have made some progress on containing a large wildfire which broke out Sunday near Bastrop in Central Texas.

Election Day is finally here. On Tuesday, Texas voters will help choose the next U.S. president, a U.S. Senator, and candidates for various federal, state and local offices on the general election ...

Alongside the high-stakes presidential race, voters in Austin will also decide on key state and local positions, including Texas' U.S. Senate seat and Travis County district attorney, among other ...

The Hudson Fire in Bastrop County caused by a nearby structure fire prompted mandatory evacuations on November 3.

A massive wildfire burning in Bastrop County is believed to have been sparked by a nearby structure fire. Keri Hines, a ...

The fire was burning on pine-covered land scorched in two previous massive fires there, including the historic 2011 Bastrop Complex fire.

A wildfire that broke out in Bastrop County early Sunday afternoon is now 30% contained and no longer spreading rapidly, ...

Texas A&M Forest Service officials ... also was being set up at Mayfest Park through the Bastrop County Agrilife Extension. The Hidden Pines Fire in October 2015 burned more than 4,500 acres ...