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The summit featured a panel of leaders from higher education institutions including (from left) Robert McKinley of the University of Texas at San Antonio, Dr. Walter Horton of Texas State University, Dr. Mini Kahlon of the University of Texas Dell Medical School and moderator Dr. Gene Bourgeois, provost and vice president at Texas State. Photos by Michelle Mehrens/Rivers Wanted Photography

Partners in success

Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:00am

The Greater San Marcos Partnership and Texas State University collaborated for the Fifth Annual Greater San Marcos Innovation Summit that took place Tuesday at the Embassy Suites San Marcos Confere

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Another suit is filed by families of fire victims

Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:00am

The list of parties suing the owners and management of Iconic Village apartments keeps growing more than two months after the fire that killed five residents, injured numerous others and displaced

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Prosecutor who will question Kavanaugh, Ford called fair

Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:00am

PHOENIX (AP) — Senate Republicans are bringing in a female prosecutor from Arizona with decades of experience prosecuting sex crimes to handle questioning about allegations of sexual assault agains

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Be sure to vote in down-ballot races

Thu, 09/27/2018 - 12:00am

The city of San Marcos is reminding voters not to forget the “down-ticket” candidates when they vote in the Nov. 6 election.

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Police seek source of shots

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:00am

San Marcos Police are still trying to determine the source of gunshots heard throughout the Victory Gardens neighborhood early Sunday.

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Agreement finalized with Caldwell County for housing inmates

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:00am

The practice of outsourcing inmates from the Hays County Jail is not likely to end soon, but it can be made more efficient, Sheriff Gary Cutler and jail staff have said.

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Tubers float over Texas Wild Rice. Daily Record file photo

Grant will fund expansion of wild rice study

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:00am

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University has received a $168,000 grant from the city of San Marcos to support removal of non-native aquatic species and expand the

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The Texas Mead Association has announced that the Seventh Annual Texas Mead Fest will take place on Saturday, Oct. 27 in Seguin. Various Texas Meaderies will be selling and sampling during the event and mead makers nationwide will be competing for the Texas Mead Cup, a professional and homemade mead competition. Photos courtesy of Juice Consulting

Seguin hosts 7th Annual Texas Mead Fest

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:00am

The Texas Mead Association will be hosting the Seventh Annual Texas Mead Fest on Saturday, Oct. 27 in Seguin, Texas.

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Although the area below the dam is fenced off, people can still access the the swimming hole by swimming up the San Marcos River. Pieces of orange sawhorses still litter the site where the bank has been reinforced after it was damaged by the floods of 2015. Daily Record photo by Denise Cathey

Finally ... a dam plan!

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:00am

After suffering extensive damage in floods from 2013 through 2015, Spring Lake Dam is due for repairs — and after three years, Texas State University is ready to put a construction company to work