The Killeen Independent School District board of trustees has set in motion plans for design of the district’s new administration building on Twin Creek Drive. But they won’t be moving into the new space anytime soon.

Five days after a total solar eclipse darkened the Killeen-Harker Heights area for more than four minutes Monday, Central Texas residents are still talking about the rare experience.

Torrential rains dropped more than 3 inches of precipitation in the Harker Heights area Tuesday, causing some street flooding and traffic signal outages, but nothing severe.

The city of Harker Heights will have adjusted hours Monday in conjunction with the total solar eclipse, which will be visible in the city between 12:30 and 2 p.m.

Early this week, the city of Harker Heights was preparing for a Friday court hearing to consider a lawsuit against the city over its refusal to implement a voter-approved marijuana decriminalization ordinance.

With the total solar eclipse just a few days away, Harker Heights-area residents are anxiously watching the weather forecast to find out if skies will be cloudy or clear.

Harker Heights needs a business development plan.

The Central Texas Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve Cove resident Eric Armstrong of Copperas Cove as the newest seat holder during Tuesday’s meeting. Armstrong will fill the Place 4 seat, which has been vacant since Trustee Bill Bebee died in December.

More than a dozen business owners and members of the community learned last week how to use artificial intelligence to make their business or life easier.

A Harker Heights couple was honored this week to receive the Silver Eagle, an award given out annually by the local Boy Scouts district.

Harker Heights utility customers will be getting a gift from the city in coming months.

A new, larger Salado Village Hall will be built near Bell County’s newly constructed annex at 11057 Event Drive.

Bell County is nearing the 400,000 population mark, according to new Census data released last week.

Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce hosted a political forum Tuesday featuring four of the five candidates seeking City Council in the May 4 election, and about 60 people showed up to hear what they had to say.

Nadasia Steed, 37, lives in Killeen, works in Harker Heights and elsewhere in Central Texas.

I have always been “behind” on the times. It is no different now.

The excitement level was high as 35 students took their turn with a compound or recurve bow and arrows during classes for students of all abilities at the Harker Heights Recreation Center this week.

“Imagine you are standing in the sun. You’re warm,” Dr. Daniel Kott said as he described an ordinary spring afternoon in Bell County. “All of a sudden it starts getting dark. All of a sudden, it’s completely dark for four and a half minutes.”

The Harker Heights City Council conducted two public hearings and approved two regular business items in a quick 48-minute meeting Tuesday.

Representatives of the Hill Country Transit District — commonly known as the HOP — made an appearance in Harker Heigths on Wednesday to pitch the district’s new micro-transit ride sharing system.

The Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a political forum for candidates running for Harker Heights City Council, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

A series of public hearings for the consideration of public comment regarding service changes in Belton, Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Killeen, and Temple will be held next week, with the Harker Heights hearing scheduled for 6 p.m. March 13 at the Stewart C. Meyer Harker Heights Public Library.

Lynda Nash is ready to move forward.

The Harker Heights City Council on Tuesday continued a conversation on possible brush pickup and bulky item collection that started back on Feb. 9.

Bell County voters sent a strong message in Tuesday’s Republican primary, giving longtime Bell County Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke a resounding win in the sheriff’s race, and unseating state Rep. Hugh Shine in the District 55 House of Representatives contest.

The Harker Heights City Council this week amended the city’s ordinance governing wastewater impact fees to expand the service area while also lowering the fees for future developers.

Belton resident Hillary Hickland, a Republican running for the Texas House District 55 seat, welcomed Gov. Greg Abbott to Killeen on Tuesday morning at a campaign event attended by more than 250 people.

Harker Heights Mayor Michael Blomquist has pre-recorded a “State of the City” address, which was released Thursday afternoon on the city’s website.

With only one day remaining in the early voting period for the March 5 primary election, turnout has been strong at the Harker Heights polling location.

Early voting got underway this week for the March 5 primary election, and turnout was strong at the Harker Heights polling location for the first two days of voting.

Bell County officials are preparing for a massive influx of visitors coming to experience the April 8 total solar eclipse, and those preparations include implementing an emergency declaration that will enable the county to quickly seek state help if it is needed.

Harker Heights City Council members on Tuesday learned that the city’s projected portion for a planned upgrade to the Belton Lake Water Treatment Plant will cost about $7.38 million.

The City of Killeen, Central Texas College’s Mayborn Science Theater and the Greater Killeen Chamber will host a final community townhall on Thursday, Mar. 7 to discuss the upcoming total solar eclipse.

The following municipal buildings in Harker Heights will be closed in observance of Presidents’ Day on Monday.

In two measures approved by the Killeen school board this week, the Killeen Independent School District will move forward with a rezoning plan and edit language in board policy to change the way intradistrict transfers and classroom assignments are resolved.

Heading into the final day of the candidate filing period for the May 4 municipal and school board elections, five people have filed for two seats on Harker Heights City Council, while Killeen ISD’s election has eight candidates seeking two open seats.

A hearing on Ground Game Texas’ lawsuit against the city of Harker Heights has been reset for 9 a.m. April 5 in the 146th District Court in Belton, City Manager David Mitchell told the Herald this week.

With one week to go in the candidate filing period for the May 4 municipal and school board elections, filing has slowed for Harker Heights races, while Killeen ISD’s election has become a family affair.

The Harker Heights City Council on Tuesday heard a presentation about possible brush pickup and bulky item collection in connection with the city’s trash service.

More than 300 people gathered at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center on Monday night for a banquet honoring influential members of the Harker Heights community.

Two days before its lawsuit against the city of Harker Heights is to be heard in Bell County district court, Ground Game Texas has amended its suit, which led to a delay in Friday’s scheduled proceedings.

Filing continued this week for two seats on the Harker Heights City Council, and the Place 5 race is now a three-way contest.