ATX-LTW: Impact 11/10/2025

Frost opened its newest Central Texas location in Lakeway this November. 

Diving in deeper: Lakeway Financial Center offers a range of banking, investment and insurance services. 

With the latest opening, Frost now operates 201 financial centers across Texas. 

The new location features a greeter station where bankers can help customers make deposits or withdrawals, ask questions, open an account or apply for a loan. 

What else? The business plans to host a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening, but details were not available as of press time. 

• Opened Nov. 3 
• 1408 S. RM 620, Lakeway

Eanes ISD families can start to plan for the 2026-27 school year following the board of trustees' adoption of the upcoming academic calendar during the Nov. 4 board meeting.

Major takeaways: Key dates include:

• Aug. 13: first day of school
• Sept. 7: Labor Day
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
• Dec. 21-Jan. 4: winter break
• Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• March 15-19: spring break
• May 21: last day of school

Check out the top trending Community Impact stories in the Austin metro from Nov. 3-7.

1. New high-rise height limit now in effect for downtown Austin

2. Austinites reject Proposition Q tax hike

3. New Indian grocery store in the works in Pflugerville

4. Lucky Claw Mania now open in Pflugerville

5. Austin ISD to hold off on 3 school closures, delay boundary changes

6. Pflugerville mayoral race heads to runoff; Coffman wins open council seat

The air traffic control tower at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is staffed at just 45% of its target, according to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett.

The overview: Only 27 controllers are currently assigned to a tower that needs 60 to meet federal recommendations. The Federal Aviation Administration attributes nationwide shortages to disrupted hiring and training cycles. Controller turnover remains a top issue, according to FAA reports. While the FAA plans to hire 8,900 controllers by 2028, projected departures mean only a net gain of about 2,000. 

The local lens: Those gaps have raised safety concerns. Since late 2022, the FAA has recorded six near-miss incidents at ABIA. 
Local leaders warn that without faster staffing relief, reliability and safety could suffer as Austin’s aviation demand rises.

Quote of note: “These staffing-related disruptions are now systemic, recurring with increasing frequency and intensity. ... With record-setting passenger growth and a multi-billion-dollar expansion underway, AUS cannot meet its operational or safety commitments without immediate staffing relief,” ABIA CEO Ghizlane Badawi wrote in a letter to FAA administrators.