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City prepares for weekend traffic from Formula 1 race and football game

Anna Daugherty November 15, 2013

This Saturday is the second Formula 1 United States Grand Prix race in Austin. But unlike the first, this Saturday is also UT game day and the city is bracing itself for the traffic these two events will...

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First Austin bike share program announces Dec. 21 launch

Amanda Voeller November 14, 2013

City officials announced Wednesday that the city will launch its much-awaited bike sharing program on Dec. 21, though none of the initial locations will be on the UT campus. The initiative will allow...

City announces bike share kiosk sites

Amanda Voeller November 14, 2013

The City of Austin announced Wednesday the list of 11 bike share kiosk sites that will open on Dec. 21. In June, Austin City Council approved a $150,000 partnership with Bike Share of Austin as a managing...

Shooting suspect Gene Vela to receive Veteran Affairs treatment

Lizzie Jespersen November 13, 2013

Gene Vela, public affairs graduate student and suspect in an armed standoff Sunday with the Austin Police Department, plans to receive Veteran Affairs treatment following his arrest, according to his lawyer, Adam...

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Public affairs student identified as shooter in standoff with APD police officers in North Campus

Jordan Rudner November 12, 2013

The subject involved in an armed standoff with Austin Police Department on Sunday night has been identified as Gene Phillip Vela, a graduate public affairs student. Vela, a member on the Senate of College...

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Updated: Man wounded, in custody after aiming handgun at police in North Campus

Jordan Rudner November 11, 2013

A man is wounded and in custody after pointing a handgun at Austin Police Department officers from the window of a North Campus apartment Sunday night. Two APD officers fired at the unnamed suspect...

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Fun Fun Fun Fest takes over Auditorium Shores this weekend

Hannah Smothers and Sarah-Grace Sweeney November 8, 2013

Fun Fun Fun Festival is here, and it’s still only one weekend long. This weekend, it is the grass at Auditorium Shores that will be ravaged and torn apart as the audicence members of FFF Fest fill...

Fun Fun Fun Nites are free, so you should go

Elizabeth Williams November 8, 2013

Fun Fun Fun Fest wristbands not only allow admittance into the festival, but admit festival-goers into Fun Fun Fun Nites for free. That’s right, for no extra money. Seventeen different stages around...

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Council approves five smoking zones at Fun Fun Fun Fest

Amanda Voeller November 8, 2013

Austin is known to be a city with strict smoking regulations, but this weekend’s Fun Fun Fun Fest will be an exception. The city council authorized five designated smoking areas Thursday...

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Temporary public art program will involve outlying areas of Austin

Alyssa Mahoney November 6, 2013

November marks the beginning of the Temporary Public Art program, a new initiative which will make public art accessible in Austin’s outlying communities. The program is part of the city’s...

Three abortion providers in Travis County remain open but might close next year

Amanda Voeller November 6, 2013

One clinic in Travis County can no longer provide abortions because of Texas’ most recent abortion law, and three clinics currently open will close next year when the remaining provisions of the...

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