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Central Texas top stories for March 4, 2025. A Red Flag Warning is in effect today from 8AM until 9PM, Williamson and Travis County have a burn ban in effect. Capital Metro has rolled out a new system to pay your fare on the bus or train. Rent prices keep going down. An Austin-area space start-up has made history as the first private company to achieve a fully successful, soft-landing on the moon. 

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Central Texas top stories for March 3, 2025. A red flag warning goes into effect tomorrow morning. Cedar Park is moving to Stage 3 water restrictions. Spring festival season in Austin is about to begin. Willie Nelson is bringing his Fourth of July Picnic back to Austin this year.

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Central Texas top stories for March 3, 2025. Firefly Aerospace’s “Blue Ghost” lunar vehicle successfully landed on the moon early Sunday morning. Local officials are urging the community to start preparing for wildfire season now. NASCAR driver Christopher Bell came out on top in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Texas Women’s basketball team won the Southeastern Conference in their first year in the league.

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KUT Producer Greta Díaz González Vázquez tells KUT’s Jerry Quijano about her role in a collaboration with nine other public radio stations to see how different groups of people think about community.

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Central Texas top stories for February 28, 2025. The measles case in Austin appears to be unrelated to the outbreak in West Texas. The Austin ISD School Board voted last night to approve leasing office space to The Greater Austin YMCA. Firefly Aerospace is preparing for its lunar lander to land on the moon this weekend. Volunteers are needed for tomorrow’s annual Great Texas River Cleanup in San Marcos.

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The 8th generation melon farmer and five-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner uses his platform to advocate for highway safety across the country.

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The Public Utility Commission of Texas was established to regulate utilities after public outcry due to high bills and poor service. On the latest episode of The Disconnect, you’ll hear how producers of natural gas avoided being put under the oversight of the PUC. Find The Disconnect wherever you get podcasts.

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Pease is one of four elementary schools the Austin ISD school board voted to close after the 2019-20 school year. Now, Austin ISD has been working on plans to repurpose those campuses. As KUT’s Becky Fogel reports, a nonprofit plans to open a child care center in the former school.

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Central Texas top stories for February 28, 2025. As the measles outbreak in West Texas continues to raise concerns throughout the state, AISD’s vaccination rate for incoming kindergarteners is below target. The Greater Austin YMCA will lease office space from AISD to help decrease the school district’s $10 million budget deficit. Texas Women’s basketball team beat Mississippi State 68-64.

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KUT’s Transportation Reporter Nathan Bernier discusses the issues Capital Metro has faced with its QR code scanners.

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