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Join the San Marcos Area Chamber and Greater San Marcos Partnership as they co-host the 2024 “Transportation Summit” business luncheon at the San Marcos Conference Center/Embassy Suites. The event, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. is set to bring together an elite audience of industry leaders and decision-makers, offering insights into the future of mobility, infrastructure, and large-scale developments in the region.

The city of San Marcos will return to Stage 2 drought restrictions effective Sunday, January 7. The change is in response to rising water source levels at the Edwards Aquifer and Canyon Lake, along with increased water flows in the Comal and San Marcos rivers.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas on Wednesday over a new state law that allows Texas police to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to the Texas-Mexico border on Wednesday and said that if President Joe Biden wants Republican support for helping Ukraine and Israel in their wars, he needs to crack down on illegal immigration at the border.

Mark your calendars, wine lovers! The nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Hays County is hosting a wine tasting event, featuring a silent auction, at the Wimberley Community Center.

For the dedicated runner the weather does not prevent them from getting their run in. Most have the proper clothes to wear whether it is cold, rainy, or cold and rainy. For the rest of the running group an indoor alternate is often a welcome choice. While most will allow a good workout there is always a limit to the benefit of getting outdoors for a run. And the type of exercise unit you use has different benefits and disadvantages. Choosing the indoor method of exercise can be the first step in getting a workout. The standard fitness exercises without any machine include running in place and skipping rope. The only negative side of these two forms of exercise are with runners living in a second or third floor apartment and having complaints from the person living on the floor beneath you.

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One of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of Texas State is coming back home to San Marcos.

Winter dove hunting is usually feast or famine. Places that you hunted in September that helped lots of birds may be mute. By December there is much less food available for the doves to feed. Most milo maize fields and corn fields have long been plowed under. But if you can find a field full of seeds, you may find doves in abundance.

Oh, for simpler times with fewer adult responsibilities and fewer hightech distractions!

Since April, states across the country have been kicking people off Medicaid, and no state has kicked off more people than Texas. We’re at 1.7 million. And counting.

Big three native plants featured in Higgins landscape