San Marcos is revamping Fire Station No. 3. 

The details: Veronica Bradshaw, a purchasing manager with the city, previously detailed the scope of the project, which includes: 

• Expanding the apparatus bays 
• Incorporating contemporary firefighter health and safety features 
• Adding a designated fitness area
• Redesigning the interior to improve response capabilities and operational efficiency

• 2420 Hunter Road, San Marcos

Individuals and businesses recently gained another choice for laundering services after the grand opening of Buda Laundry.

The features: Zack Kasey and Adam Ahmad are the owners behind Buda Laundry, which provides self-service and commercial laundry services.

Some of the business’s offerings include:

• Wash, dry and fold service
• Same-day turnaround
• Pick-up and delivery
• A loyalty card system
• Mobile payment

• 953 W Goforth Road, Ste. 104, Buda

The 2025-26 school year will be the last spent at an existing campus for some students in KIPP Texas Public Schools. 

What you need to know: Seven Central Texas-area KIPP Texas Public Schools are set to close at the end of the current school year, the charter school district announced Dec. 11.

The details: Seven KIPP schools will close at the end of the current school year, spread across the system's Commerce, Austin South and Austin Ridge campuses.

The charter school system operates over 45 schools across the state.

City and airport leaders on Dec. 10 marked the completion of a new outbound baggage handling system at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, a key milestone in the multibillion-dollar expansion now underway, airport officials said.

The upgraded system can process roughly 4,000 bags a day and roughly 37 million passengers a year, helping the airport keep pace with Central Texas’ rapid growth.

Some context: ABIA continues to break traffic records. October saw more than 2 million passengers, an increase of nearly 9% from last year, while the Monday after the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix set a new single-day record with more than 45,000 departing travelers screened by TSA.

Zooming in: Officials said the project supports hundreds of local jobs and is part of a broader effort to expand long-term capacity. The airport’s $4 billion program will add a new concourse by 2030, but staff anticipate further upgrades soon after.

What else? Current planning for Concourse B targets a capacity of 32 million passengers annually, as projections show Austin reaching 30 million yearly travelers sooner than previously expected.