Thinking about an e-bike? Austin Energy customers can get up to $600 back through the utility's E-Ride rebate program—and income-qualified customers enrolled in the Customer Assistance Program can receive up to $1,300.

Learn more about the rebate tiers, application requirements and what riders should know about battery safety after a fire suspended CapMetro's Bikeshare service.

Duff’s Famous Wings opened a new location in Northwest Austin last month.

The gist: Duff’s offers both traditional and boneless wings, which come with a variety of buffalo and speciality sauces. The restaurant also sells handheld, such as its smash burgers, sandwiches and salad wraps, as well as a host of starters. Appetizers includes mozzarella sticks, cauliflower bites, onion rings, French fries, pretzel sticks, pizza logs and more,

The chicken wing chain, based out of Buffalo, New York, opened a location down the road from Lakeline Mall, in the same shopping center as Interstellar BBQ.

• Opened June 16

A new subdivision in Leander, off-campus student housing in Austin, and a pair of oil change spots are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. 900 West 23rd: This project involves the new construction of off-campus student housing.

2. Glory Hill Subdivision ($3.5 million): Glory Hill Subdivision is a new construction project in Leander for 43 single-family lots on 15.45 acres.

3. Brushy Creek MUD Sewer Capacity Project ($1.9 million): This project involves the installation of 3,000 linear feet of 12" sewer line, crossing through an existing accessible parking space located at Brushy Creek North Park.

4. Jiffy Lube ($1.8 million): This project includes the construction of a commercial building for use as a 2,226 square-foot Jiffy Lube.

5. Valvoline ($1.4 million): A 3,447 square-foot Valvoline Instant Oil Change is planned for Austin.

Sandy Creek resident Georgia Bishop was out of town when 22 inches of rain fell on parts of northwest Travis County over the July 4, 2025, weekend. When Bishop returned home days later, her community was significantly changed.

What happened: Residents of the hard-hit Sandy Creek neighborhood described a “wall of water” that tore through their community last July, washing away homes, cars and roads. Nine people died in the flooding, including Bishop’s best friend, 16-year-old Felicity Jarmon.

The context: One year later, residents of the unincorporated Travis County community are still working to rebuild from last July’s catastrophic flooding. Central Texas has seen two straight years of intense, deadly flooding in July, leaving some residents on edge as they recover from last year’s disaster and mourn lost loved ones.

Community Impact spoke with Bishop and Kylie Nidever, whose neighborhood in Hunt flooded last year, on July 13, days before heavy rainfall hit large swaths of the state once again. Officials confirmed two deaths due to this year's floods, while 137 people died last July.