AUSTIN, Texas — May 2024 brought beneficial rain to Austin and especially our Highland Lakes system here in Central Texas. The reservoirs and dams along the Colorado River provide over a million ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lake Buchanan has reached a water level of 1020 feet for the first time since March 2005, an amount that is now considered full, but has not always been the case. This week, the Lake ...

LLANO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — On Sept. 30, the Buchanan Lake Village Landowners Association president, Theo Van Eeten, received a letter from the Lower Colorado River Authority, LCRA, informing him ...

LAKE BUCHANAN, Texas (KXAN) — As flood gates opened at Buchanan Dam for the first time in six years, locals gathered to watch as water from Lake Buchanan rushed into Inks Lake. “There’s still a lot of ...

This Saturday marks Texas Parks and Wildlife’s annual Free Fishing Day. Every year on the first Saturday in June, fishing enthusiasts across the state, avid and novice alike, can pack a cooler and ...

LLANO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — After nearly 40 years at a lower price, a small retirement community on Lake Buchanan is being told it must pay substantially more to maintain its contract with the Lower ...

Excessive rainfall this month has eliminated much of the drought across Texas, with some lakes jumping more than 30 feet in less than two weeks. Among the lakes witnessing a significant rise is Lake ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority opened four floodgates at Buchanan Dam Monday afternoon to release storm runoff as the Highland Lakes system manages flooding from July rains. The floodgate ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A body was recovered Sunday morning during the search for a kayaker who went missing on Lake Buchanan. Tyler Russell has been camping with his family on Lake Buchanan over the Labor ...