Category Archives: Lake Travis

New flood warning site to give Central Texans closer look at risks

By MOSE BUCHELE, Austin Monitor

A website that warns Central Texans about road flooding is getting an overhaul this month. The designers of the new site say the changes should give visitors more detail about flooding near them.

ATXfloods.com is basically a map that shows which low-water crossings are underwater. On a sunny day, it should be full of green circles to say the crossings are Okay. During heavy rains, those green circles turn to red.

The site was launched by the city of Austin in 2012 and has been visited 9 million times, a number that makes sense when you consider how many floods the area has had since then.

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Signs, signs, everywhere are signs

Rules on election signs in Four Points

Campaign signs remained at Quinlan Crossing shopping center last week, two days following the state’s primary election. LESLEE BASSMAN

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

With the March 6 primary election over but the upcoming May 5 election campaign in full swing, Four Points’ lawns and thoroughfares are dotted with candidate signs. Continue reading →

LISD addresses safety, security

 

Visitors to LISD elementary schools must enter through secure vestibules forcing them to check in at the main office and provide their driver’s license which is scanned and checked against a sex-offender database.

By NICK BROTHERS, Hill Country News

In the aftermath of a deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead by a lone gunman, Leander ISD officials are addressing the district’s current safety and security systems with parents and students.

“We’re having some tough conversations right now about doing anything additional to our security upgrades,” said district spokesperson Corey Ryan. “We are working to implement programs that help build relationships between students with our faculty and staff.”

As for the notion of arming teachers in an effort to protect students, Ryan said the school district prohibits firearms on campuses and does not plan on changing its rules.

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SailPoint navigates new headquarters, growth, IPO

Tech security company to grow in Four Points

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

After issuing its initial public offering in November and signing a lease for a new corporate headquarters shortly thereafter, Four Points-based SailPoint Technologies is focused on the company’s expanding growth.

The company currently leases space in two building sites—45,000-square-feet in its original Four Points Centre location and 56,000-square-feet at Ladera Bend, off RM 2222—that will be condensed into a single new building now under construction off Four Points Drive, Vice President of Human Resources Abby Payne said.

“We are leasing this new space to accommodate future employee growth, as we think about expansion in Austin for 2018 and beyond,” she said. “The building is underway. We expect we will consolidate our headquarters out of the two buildings and into this third, new building, sometime in the spring of 2019.”

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