A sure sign of spring is blooming all around, the Texas bluebonnet, one of six state flowers. For the record, spring arrived officially at 4:24 p.m. Monday CDT.
Daily Record photo by Barbara Audet
The first day of spring is often heralded with a profusion of one of the state flowers of Texas, the bluebonnet.
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I’m a medical student. I don’t have kids or a family of my own yet, but I’d like it to happen one day. When I have kids of my own, I intend to push them to be the very best in whatever they want to do. I will ingrain in them “tough love” and demand excellence from them.
JOSHUA FECHTER THE TEXAS TRIBUNE LUCY TOMPKINS
Hwa Young Lee, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at Texas State University, has been awarded the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant.
As Texas comes out of its 13th driest year on record, water and managing the state’s finite water supply is a pressing concern. A new book authored by Robert E. Mace, executive director for The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, provides a detailed overview of groundwater sustainability and explores solutions to address unsustainable groundwater usage.
Teaching students about history is one of the goals of the Air Force JROTC at San Marcos High School.
The potential expansion of a planned and much rethought industrial park with heavy industrial zoning that will affect parts of Caldwell and Hays counties has many citizens asking questions of the newest developer to throw its hat into the land use ring.
Percival Everett
Percival Everett’s novel, 'The Trees', has won the 2022 L.D. and La-Verne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize.
Left, patrons at the Gray Horse Saloon in the Crestwood Center step up to the bar for one last time Friday. The legendary gathering spot closed officially Saturday. Below, middle, the logo on the wall reminds customers of the long history associated with the name of the establishment. Below, bottom, bar owner Michael Muehe shares a moment to reminisce with long time friend and colleague, Jack Diaz.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
Top, the action in the Gray Horse Saloon on Friday included conversation, reduced price drinks and numerous games of pool. Middle, Will Stallings lines up one of the last pool shots to be taken at the bar. Stallings works next door at Three Six General, one of the Crestwood Center businesses still open pending a possible water service cutoff on March 31.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
Gray Horse Saloon closes after 15 years, others at Crestwood continue on
Our beautiful, fragile Hill Country gives our community its unique character. KZSM.org proudly announces two new shows dedicated to celebrating and preserving the environment—“ Mothering Earth,” Tuesdays at 11 a.m., followed by “Wonderful World,” at 11:30.
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