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Electrical transformers at the Austin Energy/Sand Hill Energy Center in Del Valle on March 24, 2020. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune

Texas' main power grid operator urges reduced electricity use through Friday due to "tight grid conditions"

Texas’ main power grid struggled to keep up with the demand for electricity Monday, prompting the operator to ask Texans to conserve power until Friday.

It’s back: The rebirth of Sundance Records

Above, Left to right, Parker Wright, Sundance manager, Nancy Barnard and owner, Thomas Escalante: the team who continues the legacy of Bobby Barnard. Daily Record photo by Celeste Hollister

It’s back: The rebirth of Sundance Records

“When people are walking in now, they smell this incense and look at the walls and they’re like, “This is it!’” Nancy Barnard said. Daily Record photo by Celeste Hollister

It’s back: The rebirth of Sundance Records

San Marcos lost an icon last August when Bobby Barnard, the legendary owner of Sundance Records, died unexpectedly. Since Barnard and his wife, Nancy, opened the store in September 1977, it had been a much-loved staple to generations of San Marcans.

Rain helps spring flow, aquifers still low

The water of Lone Man Creek in Wimberley flows strongly over a dam near the crossing over FM 3237. This has helped the spring flow in the Wimberley Valley, but the Trinity Aquifer still needs more rain to recharge. Wimberley View photo by Dalton Sweat

Rain helps spring flow, aquifers still low

A welcome month of rain has filled the creeks and lifted the burn ban after going the better part of a year without substantial rainfall. As needed as the rain was, it still has barely put a dent in the historically low aquifer levels that are impacting the Wimberley Valley.

OFF TO SEADRIFT

OFF TO SEADRIFT

The Texas Water Safari began Saturday morning at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. The 260-mile competition, dubbed "The World's Toughest Canoe Race," begins in San Marcos and ends in Seadrift. Above, team River Fitness prepares to port at the falls at Rio Vista Park. Below left, team Single Bladies reaches the falls at Rio Vista. Below right, River Fitness ports on the San Marcos River near Martindale. See additional coverage on page 12A. Daily Record photos by Gerald Castillo

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