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San Marcos wrapped up 2023 with their annual Holiday Classic from Dec. 28-30, winning a share of a three-way tie between the Rattlers, Cypress Bridgeland and Trinity Christian Academy for first place in the tournament.

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Hays County Commissioners Court adopted a proclamation recognizing Jan. 15, 2024 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate his 96th birthday and the tenth reunion of the Crossroads Memorial in San Marcos. The Dunbar Heritage Association President Alex Banbury invited the public to attend the events occurring from Jan. 13 to 15. at various locations throughout San Marcos.

Texas’ new method for funding community colleges could position two-year, public institutions as major players in training students on skills employers say are missing in the state’s labor force.

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The city of San Marcos is looking to fill vacancies on city boards and commissions with volunteers from the community.

I want to express my gratitude to our San Marcos Police Department particularly in the person of Officer J. Cortina.

We can’t avoid weather, but we can do more to mitigate its impact on our lives.

A few days ago, during one of those rare occasions when our whole family was together and my three semi-grown daughters weren’t nursing an iPhone while wearing universe-canceling headphones, my wife posed probably the most oftasked question this time of year: “Does anyone have any New Year’s resolutions?”

From food insecurity, climate change, education and health care, Texans are using creative solutions and incremental change to address bigger problems in their communities and across the state.

Senator Judith Zaffirini, the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas Senate in 1986, on Sunday at 10 p.m. will become the first woman Dean of the Senate in the history of the State of Texas. Often called the “Dean-in-Waiting” as the second-highest-ranking senator for 16 years, she will rise to highest-ranking as former Senator John Whitmire resigns at that time to become Mayor of Houston on Jan. 1.

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