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SMTX Utilities is set to launch a new feature which will allow customers to track electric outages in their area in real time on Sept. 9. Above, the new Outage Management System. Graphic courtesy of City of San Marcos

SMTX Utilities to launch new outage management system

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 7:38pm

SMTX Utilities is set to launch a new feature which will allow customers to track electric outages in their area in real time, the City of San Marcos announced.

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San Marcos/Austin area sees continued gas-price decline, statewide prices mixed

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 7:32pm

Drivers in the San Marcos/Austin area continued to see a drop in gas prices this week, according to AAA Texas.

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Broken trust still felt in Uvalde as school year approaches

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 7:29pm

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Even though Uvalde's school police chief is now gone, Mario Jimenez doesn't feel any safer about sending his 10-year-old son back to class for the first time since his teacher

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Tweaked COVID boosters close but how much will they help?

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 7:24pm

COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today’s omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much benefit the booster shots will offer, who should get one

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Insulin cap for Medicare patients signals hope for others

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 7:16pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years before he came to the Senate, Raphael Warnock spent time bedside with Georgia residents suffering from the long-term effects of diabetes, a condition made worse by limited a

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Photo by Gerald Castillo

San Marcos set to kickoff against Hutto

Thu, 08/25/2022 - 6:41pm

The wait is finally over for head coach John Walsh and San Marcos as the visiting Hutto are knocking on the door, ready to kick off the 2022 high school football season.

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Filing for the November elections closed Monday with San Marcos residents set to vote for Mayor, and city council places 1 and 2. Above, county residents line up to early vote at the Hays County Government Center in October 2020. Daily Record file photo by Lance Winter

Filing closes for San Marcos elections

Wed, 08/24/2022 - 7:58pm

Filing for the November elections closed Monday.

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Daily Record file photo by Nathalie Cohetero

City of Kyle authorizes $294.4-million bond for November election to address roadways

Wed, 08/24/2022 - 7:44pm

Kyle City Council recently authorized a $294.4-million bond proposal for the November election, which will focus on roadways across the city.

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Uvalde school board fires police chief after mass shooting

Wed, 08/24/2022 - 7:38pm

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district’s embattled police chief was fired Wednesday following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary