Bear Creek
A village in Hays County, Texas — population 500 as of 2020.
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San Antonio Current
September 29Politically diverse coalition launches to push back against Texas data center development
An eclectic coalition of organizations has formed against data centers in Texas, bringing together civil rights leaders, environmentalists, rural advocates and more in the mounting bipartisan resistance to the facilities as they proliferate statewide. The group, called We the…
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San Antonio Current
22 hours agoElon Musk said he wants to build an Austin-to-San Antonio tunnel. That’s news to officials in both cities.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has concocted another grandiose stunt. On social media platform X, which he owns, Musk last week teased plans by his Boring Co. to build an 80-mile-long “hyperloop” tunnel connecting Austin and San Antonio. “Boring Company is working on a simple,…
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The Boerne Star
September 30AUSTIN — The Texas Secretary of State’s office is reminding eligible Texans that the deadline to register to vote in the November 3 General Election is Monday, Oct. 5, 2026.Election officials say regi
Government & CivicA man who was shot by an immigration agent during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, this month was charged Tuesday with assaulting a federal officer during that encounter.
Public SafetyA man who was shot by an immigration agent during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas, this month was charged Tuesday with assaulting a federal officer during that encounter.
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San Antonio Current
September 29Austin man shot by ICE agent charged with assault, resisting arrest
Federal prosecutors have charged the Austin man an ICE agent shot earlier this month with a single count of resisting and assaulting a federal officer, according to court documents. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national, was shot by an ICE officer in Austin on Sept.…
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Bear Creek by the numbers
- Area
- 1.14 sq mi (2.96 km²)
- Median age
- 47.1
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $121,000
- Median house value
- $847,500
- Office
- CITY SECRETARY
- Address
- 6705 W HIGHWAY 290, AUSTIN, TX 78735