Opinion

Informing our community is our passion at the San Marcos Daily Record, as we have done for nearly 112 years. Since 1912, we have told the stories at the heart of San Marcos and Hays County, and we have every intention of continuing to do so for a long time.

Good news for the agricultural industry. Robotics have become more affordable, smarter and easier to operate. Soft fruits like strawberries can be picked mechanically now.

Let Dan Patrick go to voicemail

The risk for wildfires across the state has risen along with the hot and dry conditions, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Are you tired of financing a tank of gas? Are you afraid your armpits might burst into flames if you leave the air-conditioned confines of your home?

There’s a reason Native Americans called barbed wire the “ devil’s rope.”

As a heat wave hits America from coast to coast, it’s hot outside– but cool inside, thanks to the triumph of air conditioning.

Why worsen it with procedural details?

I appreciate the San Marcos Daily Record and reporter Shannon West covering the case against my son Devonte Amerson and his co-defendant Cyrus Gray. [San Marcos Daily Record story of Thursday, July 20] I especially appreciate Ms West taking the time to correspond with my son and allowing his voice to be heard in this paper.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick last week issued a sweeping gag order ahead of the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Houston Chronicle reported, saying “out-of-court statements” by both sides threaten to jeopardize the trial.

Friday’s newspaper showed up on your doorstep or in your email inbox just like it normally does, but getting it there this week was a scorching hot reminder of just how wonderful the community is that we live in.

Hays County has a connectivity problem. The pandemic shined a bright spotlight on the fact that far too many families and businesses simply have no or very limited access to broadband. Some estimates show that more than 4,600 Hays County residents are underserved in terms of broadband.