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Water tracing dyes are often bright green to increase the visibility of the flow of water. They can help with determining how ...

Willie Pipkin is a lifelong resident of Austin, Texas, where he plays guitar for a living. But his real passion is bass ...

St. Patrick's day might be a month away, but Austin's downtown waterway isn't going green to celebrate. Austinites might've ...

A gate at Longhorn Dam malfunctioned and remained open, causing Lady Bird Lake water levels to drop, Austin Water reported Tuesday afternoon. Austin Water said one of the nine gates at Longhorn ...

A largemouth bass recently caught in Downtown Austin might just be a new state record. On Wednesday, Austin resident Willie Pipkin reeled in a largemouth bass weighing 14.05 pounds with a 27.75-inch ...

"And if it really was 14 pounds, it would be a Lady Bird Lake record largemouth ... whole life fishing here in Austin, and to catch a legacy bass that is now the lake record means the world ...

The smell wasn’t great. Lady Bird Lake’s water level fell by about 2 feet. The Longhorn Dam holds the lake in. Austin Water said one of the dam's nine floodgates got stuck open, allowing water to keep ...

Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) has released an RFI for industry feedback on the design and construction of the city’s ...

During scheduled work earlier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, one of nine gates at Longhorn Dam failed to close, causing the Lady Bird Lake level to begin dropping. The cause of the failure is under ...

USA: The procurement process has begun for a contract to design and build Austin Light Rail Phase 1. The 15·7 km Phase 1 ...