/tags/lake-travis Lake AG真人百家乐 en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:46:07 GMT /education/2024-12-18/lake-travis-isd-superintendent-misconduct-allegations-austin Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to place Paul Norton on paid administrative leave while allegations of misconduct are investigated. Norton has been the district's superintendent for more than four years. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:46:07 GMT /education/2024-12-18/lake-travis-isd-superintendent-misconduct-allegations-austin Becky Fogel /education/2024-08-16/lake-travis-isd-cell-phone-smart-device-ban-in-classrooms Lake AG真人百家乐 ISD has banned smart devices in prekindergarten through eighth grade. School administrators, parents and researchers are hopeful the policy will improve student outcomes and prevent bullying. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:01:00 GMT /education/2024-08-16/lake-travis-isd-cell-phone-smart-device-ban-in-classrooms Becky Fogel /austin/2024-07-15/swimming-holes-near-me-austin-hamilton-pool-barton-springs-jacobs-well-mckinney-falls Central Texas summers are no joke. Whether you鈥檙e new to Austin or have been here for a while, here are some places to take a plunge. Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2024-07-15/swimming-holes-near-me-austin-hamilton-pool-barton-springs-jacobs-well-mckinney-falls Maya Fawaz /education/2024-03-28/lake-travis-school-book-ban-library-austin-texas The Lake AG真人百家乐 ISD School Board voted this month to keep one book in the high school library and remove another after a parent with kids in elementary school formally challenged them. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-03-28/lake-travis-school-book-ban-library-austin-texas Becky Fogel /energy-environment/2020-01-24/austin-to-spend-up-to-4-million-to-tackle-zebra-mussel-problem Austin City Council has approved spending up to $4 million over the next five years on a liquid compound to remove zebra mussels from water intake鈥� Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:00:33 GMT /energy-environment/2020-01-24/austin-to-spend-up-to-4-million-to-tackle-zebra-mussel-problem Marisa Charpentier /energy-environment/2019-09-26/how-did-lake-travis-sometimes-islands-get-their-name Every summer, more than 200,000 people visit Lake AG真人百家乐 to boat, swim and get some sun. But longtime Austin resident Robert Baumgardner is more鈥� Thu, 26 Sep 2019 06:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2019-09-26/how-did-lake-travis-sometimes-islands-get-their-name Tiana Woodard /austin/2018-10-25/from-lake-travis-to-your-taps-how-austin-gets-its-drinking-water As the old saying goes, 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 miss your water till your well runs dry.鈥滲ut rather than sit around missing your water, it may be wiser to ask some鈥� Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:01:00 GMT /austin/2018-10-25/from-lake-travis-to-your-taps-how-austin-gets-its-drinking-water Mose Buchele /austin/2018-10-20/heres-why-the-highland-lakes-are-so-important-and-why-they-arent-really-lakes-at-all A system of dams along the Colorado River was created for a few purposes. It was created for agricultural storage and also as a kind of recreation. Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:10:39 GMT /austin/2018-10-20/heres-why-the-highland-lakes-are-so-important-and-why-they-arent-really-lakes-at-all KUT Staff /energy-environment/2018-10-17/heres-what-to-expect-when-eight-floodgates-open-on-the-mansfield-dam Update: The LCRA now says it will not open eight floodgates on Thursday, Oct. 18, but may in the coming days. It鈥檚 never happened before, but the Lower鈥� Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:10:14 GMT /energy-environment/2018-10-17/heres-what-to-expect-when-eight-floodgates-open-on-the-mansfield-dam Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2018-10-17/in-marble-falls-evacuees-wonder-whats-next-after-flooding Jonathan Hammond has lived in Marble Falls all 30 years of his life. Until yesterday, he'd never seen flooding so bad."This is just crazy absolutely鈥� Wed, 17 Oct 2018 14:05:59 GMT /energy-environment/2018-10-17/in-marble-falls-evacuees-wonder-whats-next-after-flooding Mose Buchele