Developer to Launch Domain Hotel Project
Braker Commons plans call for a 10-story, 237-key, 126,321-square-foot hotel and a second 3,000-square-foot building at the northeast corner of the North MoPac Expressway and West Braker Lane intersection. Friend Development Group is helming the project. The Austin Business Journal reports that the hotel operator has...
NTSB: Human error prompted Waymo to pass stopped school bus in Austin
Video from the incident shows the bus was displaying red strobing lights at the time and had two stop signs sticking out.
La Quinta Check-Out Clears Way For Swank New Hotel At The Domain
An aging La Quinta at the northeast corner of West Braker Lane and North MoPac Expressway is set to check out, with an upscale lifestyle hotel and street-level retail poised to take over the high-visibility Domain corner. If it moves forward as expected, the project would add yet another hospitality option to...
Golf event benefiting Special Olympics Texas coming up March 9
The inaugural Golfing with a Cop event will be held at The Hills Country Club. (Courtesy The Hills Country Club) A golf tournament benefiting Special Olympics Texas is headed to the Lake Travis area March 9. The details. In partnership with the Lakeway Police Officers' Association and the Texas Law...
Construction begins on $64 million Burnet Road safety, mobility improvements
Burnet Road and West Anderson Lane is one of the intersections that will see improvements. Construction along the road will include upgraded traffic signals and improved intersections, pedestrian and bike infrastructure, improved bus stops, and more. (Matthew Brooks/Community Impact) Editor's note: To view this story...
Austin police officer cleared in shooting of wheelchair‑bound man, DA’s office says
A grand jury did not bring charges against Austin police officer Joshua Jackson, who fatally shot Danny Lee Palomino in May, 2025
Austin Driver Gets 40 Years for Deadly Downtown Hit-and-Run
On March 4, a Travis County judge handed down a stack of multi-decade prison sentences in the 2024 SXSW hit-and-run that killed two people in downtown Austin. The case stems from a March 12, 2024 collision at East Seventh and Red River streets that left one man dead on the pavement and another critically injured. For...
Austin Hit-And-Run Chaos On Highway 71 Leaves Pedestrian Dead, Driver Vanishes Near Airport
Austin police are trying to track down a driver after an early morning hit-and-run on State Highway 71 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport left a pedestrian dead and a lot of unanswered questions. The crash happened around 2:14 a.m. Tuesday in the 3100 block of the eastbound lanes. The pedestrian was...
The Insider: Meet one of the next stars in Longhorns athletics
Last year, at this time in the Insider, we told you then-freshman pitcher Dylan Volantis was going to be one of the next great athletes at the University of Texas. In this week's Insider, we take a deep dive to introduce you to another freshman pitcher at Texas who is going to be one of the next great athletes at the...
Massive $1B luxury living project makes major moves in thriving Texas city
The long-awaited project has been in the works for nearly a decade.
