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PALS (Prevent A Litter) provides an abundance of services to the community, including vouchers for free spay/neuter, low cost spay/neuter, foster/adoption, low cost vaccination, microchips and a pet food pantry, among others.

The city of San Marcos will meet tomorrow with the San Marcos Police Officers’ Association for the first day of discussions on the renewed negotiations on the “meet and confer” agreement that was repealed in February.

In order to provide for a fair election this May 6 and beyond, staff, volunteers and observers met Tuesday in a mock mini-election with 33 sample ballots to test the county’s voting machines. The test is designed to ascertain that each machine “will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures,” according to county officials.

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.

The San Marcos City Council is ready to approve the appointment of a new city attorney at its next regular meeting.

Former Texas State Head Coach David Bailiff returns to San Marcos

The city issued a boil water advisory Sunday after an electrical failure and a loss of pressure, officials said.

The first day of spring is often heralded with a profusion of one of the state flowers of Texas, the bluebonnet. 

JOSHUA FECHTER THE TEXAS TRIBUNE LUCY TOMPKINS

Teaching students about history is one of the goals of the Air Force JROTC at San Marcos High School.

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.

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.