As part of the World Hanukkah Observance, in San Marcos at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, a giant menorah candelabra will be lighted at the Hays County Historic Courthouse.
Photo provided by Chabad
Chabad of San Marcos will light a public twelvefoot Hanukkah menorah candelabra at the Hays County Courthouse on Thursday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m.
The Southside Community Center is looking for the support of the community to help some of its neighbors this holiday season.
A photo of a Native American man from Edward Curtis' 1930 collection, The North American Indian.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection. hdl.loc.gov_loc.pnp_cph.3g03891
A photo of indigenous women rolling out dough from Edward Curtis' 1930 collection, The North American Indian.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection. hdl.loc.gov_loc.pnp_ppmsca.050
One of this nation’s first noted photographers, Edward Curtis, spent much of his career creating images that today are recognized as an attempt to create visual documentation of Native Americans.
San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees listened to another presentation and additional public comment on the possible restructure of the board from five single-member districts and two at-large trustees to seven single- member districts at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Nov. 13. There were only two public comments on the item: one was for the restructure of the board and one was against it.
A view of the University Camp.
Daily Record photo by Celeste Cook
Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve the use of American Rescue Plan Act Funding for a Rental/ Utility Assistance Program for Hays County residents at their regularly scheduled meeting last week. The program will be run through the Blanco River Regional Recovery Team.
Texas State University’s University Camp appears to be up for sale.
The Sunflower Bank of San Marcos routinely offers to give a portion of its business proceeds to the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District, through a company initiative that bank officials said rewards customers while at the same time provides a monetary bonus to many of the district's high achieving students.
A highly specialized fish, home to only San Marcos, was recently removed from the Endangered Species List and classified as extinct. The protections on the San Marcos River, springs as well as Spring Lake, will not be removed due to the loss of the local Gambusia. According to the Meadows Center for the Water and Environment website, the Upper San Marcos River is one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the southwestern U.S. that still contains seven endangered species.
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