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January 28, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for January 28, 2025

By: Juan Garcia

Central Texas top stories for January 28, 2025. More rain in the forecast this week. Hays CISD is working to make housing more affordable for its teachers and other employees. It’s the last day to share your thoughts on the proposed MoPac South expansion. Travis County approved nearly $2 million for Habitat for Humanity. Austin ISD students will not have school tomorrow in observance of the Lunar New Year.


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March 5, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 5, 2025: Wildfire alerts and evacuation orders caused confusion in Hays County.

Central Texas top stories for March 5, 2025. Hays county authorities are hoping to make improvements to its communication efforts. State employees in Texas could soon be required to head back into the office full-time. Austin ISD is partnering with the Dallas Cowboys to launch a flag football league for high school girls. Austin Police […]

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March 5, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for March 5, 2025: A fire in Hays County yesterday burned around 80 acres.

Central Texas top stories for March 5, 2025. By 4 a.m. this morning, the fire in Hays County had burned around 80 acres and was 45 percent contained. Strong winds left thousands of Austinites without power. Sixth street is restricting vehicle access during SXSW. Austin City manager, T.C. Broadnax is holding town hall meetings to hear […]

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March 4, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 4, 2025: Opioid overdoses in Austin are declining.

Central Texas top stories for March 4, 2025. The Austin area is under a Red Flag Warning until 9:00 tonight. There’s been a drop in opioid overdoses in the Austin area. An exit on southbound I-35 will close permanently tonight as part of a major expansion of the interstate. Average rents in the Austin area […]

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March 4, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for March 4, 2025: A Red Flag Warning is in effect today in the Austin area.

Central Texas top stories for March 4, 2025. A Red Flag Warning is in effect today from 8AM until 9PM, Williamson and Travis County have a burn ban in effect. Capital Metro has rolled out a new system to pay your fare on the bus or train. Rent prices keep going down. An Austin-area space start-up […]

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March 3, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for March 3, 2025: The Austin area is at an exceptionally high risk of wildfire tomorrow.

Central Texas top stories for March 3, 2025. A red flag warning goes into effect tomorrow morning. Cedar Park is moving to Stage 3 water restrictions. Spring festival season in Austin is about to begin. Willie Nelson is bringing his Fourth of July Picnic back to Austin this year.

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March 3, 2025

KUT Morning Newscast for March 3, 2025: A spacecraft built just outside of Austin landed on the moon.

Central Texas top stories for March 3, 2025. Firefly Aerospace’s “Blue Ghost” lunar vehicle successfully landed on the moon early Sunday morning. Local officials are urging the community to start preparing for wildfire season now. NASCAR driver Christopher Bell came out on top in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Texas […]

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February 28, 2025

Spanish-speaking Austinites talk about what comunidad means to them.

KUT Producer Greta Díaz González Vázquez tells KUT’s Jerry Quijano about her role in a collaboration with nine other public radio stations to see how different groups of people think about community.

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February 28, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for February 28, 2025: Austin has its first known measles case since 2019.

Central Texas top stories for February 28, 2025. The measles case in Austin appears to be unrelated to the outbreak in West Texas. The Austin ISD School Board voted last night to approve leasing office space to The Greater Austin YMCA. Firefly Aerospace is preparing for its lunar lander to land on the moon this […]

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