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If you love the river, you love the Habitat Conservation Plan

If you love the river, you love the Habitat Conservation Plan

San Marcos is not San Marcos without San Marcos Springs and the San Marcos River. San Marcos is defined by the river that runs through it. We would not be here if not for the springs and river, an oasis on the Camino Real, itself an old Native American trail, connecting north and south Texas. Texans settled here because of the springs where Ed Burleson borrowed the flows to grind grain and cut lumber for a growing town. More recently, the springs and river provide a water resource and a quality of life that other towns in the area don’t have. 02/20/2022 05:00 AM

Is your relationship headed for trouble? Recognizing yellow and red flags

Is your relationship headed for trouble? Recognizing yellow and red flags

The following article is part two of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about dating violence. February is Dating Violence Awareness month, and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. One-in-three young people will experience dating violence in their lifetime. Locally, the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has been serving victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and child abuse since 1978. Last year, HCWC served 2,055 victims of abuse (face-to-face) primarily from Hays and Caldwell Counties. 02/13/2022 05:00 AM

Love, San Marcos, and Brady

Love, San Marcos, and Brady

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. As people are rushing to grab the perfect stuffed bear or chocolate treat for their sweetheart, I can’t help but stop and think that San Marcos has filled my life with so much love. As a red cheeked, big dreamer teenager, San Marcos became home at the age of 16 when I had the amazing opportunity to attend boarding school at San Marcos Academy. 02/13/2022 05:00 AM

Five things we can all do today to prevent dating violence

Five things we can all do today to prevent dating violence

The following article is part one of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about dating violence. February is Dating Violence Awareness month, and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. 1 in 3 young people will experience dating violence in their lifetime. Locally, the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has been serving victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse since 1978. Last year, HCWC served 2,055 victims of abuse (face-to-face) primarily from Hays and Caldwell Counties. 02/06/2022 05:00 AM

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Hays County is on the brink of a momentous decision that will restore Indigenous stewardship to a modicum of our homeland that archaeologists acknowledge as the oldest, continuously inhabited site in North America. 02/06/2022 05:00 AM

Planning a romantic getaway for Valentine’s Day?

Planning a romantic getaway for Valentine’s Day?

I dare you to google news about Valentine’s Day. 02/06/2022 05:00 AM

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND

It’s been said Angels walk among us. Well, I can tell you without a doubt it’s true. 01/30/2022 05:00 AM

The dog days of our lives

The dog days of our lives

Recently, Texas passed the Safe Outdoor Dogs Act, which enforces humane guidelines for restraining pet canines outdoors. Unfortunately for me, the act fails to impose similar guidelines for the treatment of grouchy husbands and embarrassing dads. 01/30/2022 05:00 AM

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND

01/29/2022 02:34 PM

Analysis: Texas government is business-friendly, but not businesslike

Analysis: Texas government is business-friendly, but not businesslike

Government is not a business and doesn’t run like one. That “run government like a business” motto you hear from political candidates comes from the “tastes great, less filling” school of advertising. 01/23/2022 05:00 AM

Voting by mail in Texas under the new rules

Voting by mail in Texas under the new rules

I have been voting by mail for the last 12 years. It has always been a simple process. But this year's experience with vote-bymail is far more difficult than it used to be. In some counties, half of the applications are being rejected because of identity problems that don't appear to be the fault of the applicants as much as the fault of inadequate or inaccurate databases available to election clerks and confusing application forms. 01/23/2022 05:00 AM

Analysis: Texas politicians can change their minds. But it helps if the public goes first.

Analysis: Texas politicians can change their minds. But it helps if the public goes first.

Neither of the top candidates for governor of Texas wants to keep jailing people for possession of marijuana. Reefer madness has been replaced by reefer indifference. 01/16/2022 05:00 AM

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