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Hill Country Wireless, a company started by husband and wife team David and Ginger McCullough, is now providing high-speed internet to rural areas of Central Texas. Josh Moore, Tyrel McCrory and David McCullough work on dialing the signal through the trees and hills in a neighborhood in Johnson City — a real issue when it comes to providing internet in the Texas Hill Country. Photos by Ginger McCullough

'The Last-Mile Solution'

Sun, 05/26/2019 - 12:00am

Ginger and David McCullough are doing something they never expected — providing broadband services to their community. “We were living in the Texas panhandle and running a cattle ranch,” Ginger

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A Word About Recycling with Ollie Maier

Sun, 05/26/2019 - 12:00am

Last week we talked about how robots are being used to help sort recycled material, a lot of which is plastic; so today we’ll talk a little more about plastic

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Texas Masters of Fine Art Exhibit features area artists

Fri, 05/24/2019 - 12:00am

Five of the area’s finest artists are being showcased over Memorial Day weekend in the statewide Texas Masters of Fine Art and Craft exhibition in Kerrville.

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The San Marcos Downtown Association is moving its Third Thursday Downtown Walkabout to the Second Saturday of the month. Downtown walkabout attendees stop to take a look at Tiny Amber Taylor’s booth of paintings and handmade jewelry at the Porch during a prior Third Thursday Downtown Walkabout. Daily Record file photo by Denise Cathey

Third Thursday moves to Second Saturday

Fri, 05/24/2019 - 12:00am

The San Marcos Downtown Association announced that it is launching a new Downtown Walkabout event to coincide with the current array of events that take place in downtown every second Saturday of t

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Co-creators Kelli Cotner and Susan Fitz-Simon started Dharma Ranch together, the 10 acre retreat is located just outside San Marcos. Daily Record photos by Denise Cathey

Dharma Ranch: Opening hearts & minds

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 12:00am

On a Wednesday morning, a group of women with yoga mats make the trek up a wooded trail to a 30-foot-tall yurt located in a small clearing.

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Heart-healthy & plant-forward nutrition

Wed, 05/22/2019 - 12:00am

Adding more fruits and vegetables is one .of the simplest ways to make at-home meals healthier for the whole family.

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Robert Fitzsimons, along with his team in the Progressive Care Unit, accept his DAISY Award from CTMC CNO Catherine Amitrano and CTMC CEO and President Anthony Stahl. Photo courtesy of CTMC

Extraordinary nurses honored at CTMC

Tue, 05/21/2019 - 12:00am

Twelve nurses at Central Texas Medical Center were honored Tuesday in the hospital’s first ever the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ceremony.

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A Handle on your Health: Stem Cell Therapy

Tue, 05/21/2019 - 12:00am

You may have heard of stem cell therapy already but for those of you who have not, this is a very exciting new frontier in medicine.

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2017 Texas State University Bobcat Build volunteers Kaylyn Remsing, Taylor Thornton, Ashley Redding and Kristin Olansen pick up litter on San Antonio Street during the annual cleanup event. Daily Record file photos by Rachel Willis

Bobcat Build canceled for the first time

Sun, 05/19/2019 - 12:00am

Texas State University’s largest collective day of volunteer work for the community, Bobcat Build, was canceled for the first time since its creation in 2001. Thousands of volunteers and workers

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A Word About Recycling with Ollie Maier

Sun, 05/19/2019 - 12:00am

We all know automation is coming more and more into our lives — soon vehicles won’t even need drivers anymore. So this article in a Resource Recycling caught my eye.