Brynne Herzfeld

6 days ago | kxan.com | Brynne Herzfeld

AUSTIN (KXAN)-The legal battle over the conservation status of the golden-cheeked warbler marches on, with the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Public Policy Foundation urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to remove the songbird from the Endangered Species Act. It's a debate that started ten years ago, when the TPPF first lobbied for the bird's delisting. The warbler is a native Texan songbird, making its home in the Ashe juniper trees that grow mainly in Central Texas.

6 days ago | kxan.com | Brynne Herzfeld

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Williamson County and the Texas Department of Transportation marked the end of construction on the Segment 3 project with a ribbon cutting Friday, ahead of its Saturday opening. In just under three years of construction, the project turned the two-lane FM 3349 and CR 101 roadways into a four-lane roadway with bridges over US 79 and the Union Pacific Railroad. It also included a new interchange between US 79 and FM 3349/CR 101.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Brynne Herzfeld

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Williamson County and the Texas Department of Transportation marked the end of construction on the Segment 3 project with a ribbon cutting Friday, ahead of its Saturday opening. In just under three years of construction, the project turned the two-lane FM 3349 and CR 101 roadways into a four-lane roadway with bridges over US 79 and the Union Pacific Railroad. It also included a new interchange between US 79 and FM 3349/CR 101.

6 days ago | kxan.com | Brynne Herzfeld

AUSTIN (KXAN) - After over twenty years of planning, a new nonprofit animal shelter is coming to Leander. The Central Texas SPCA broke ground on its new facility Friday. "Today is the culmination of a long-standing dream come true," said Jeanette Cacciola, director of CTSPCA. "We decided back in 2001 that the buildings we had donated were not going to last for very long."Currently, CTSPCA operates out of three manufactured homes combined into one structure.

1 week ago | kxan.com | Brynne Herzfeld

AUSTIN (KXAN)- There's a new way to get your groceries delivered-as long as you live in Austin's Mueller neighborhood. H-E-B launched a pilot program with small, autonomous vehicles handling certain orders within a one mile radius. To get a visit from one of the little robots, the order has to go through Favor, a delivery app. You have to order between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., according to a sign outside H-E-B's Mueller store. Deliveries are limited to ten small items.