Around Austin-Saturday July 18th 2026 0830-The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) opened a flood gate at Mansfield Dam this morning. The release of water due to rising Lake Travis levels is the first since May 10th 2019. Another gate reportedly will be open at 1300 today. See more images below.

Around Austin-Wednesday July 16th 2025, Lake Travis as viewed from the Oasis is nearly full, just 7.69 feet from "flood pool." All this...

Around Austin-Friday morning January 10th 2025, after the beneficial rain of 0.85 inches here in the Austin Hill Country along RM2244...