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Are you still Christmas shopping? Do you think you might be one of those out there looking on Christmas Eve? Tanger Outlets San Marcos has you covered. The outlets are offering special extended hours and daily deals to help with last-minute holiday shopping. Top brands for gifting are stocked up and offering savings for shoppers checking off wish lists during the final days of the season, including Super Saturday and Christmas Eve. Visitors can also take advantage of special hours on the day after Christmas for even more savings.

Singing for Seniors

Dear Abby

For more than 400 million years, sharks have swum Earth’s oceans. Before the first dinosaurs appeared, sharks filled every ocean. Surprisingly, sharks have changed very little during that span and look very much like their ancestors, even as other animals have undergone dramatic evolutionary change.

The recent United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai, known as COP28, ended with a historic agreement that, for the first time, mentions transitioning away from fossil fuels. More than 190 nations were represented at the event. Although the language regarding reduction in the future use of oil, natural gas, and coal is notable, it is far from a mandate.

NEW YORK (AP) — For Nicole Plauché and her family, Christmas is the time of the year where they can use their preferred love language: gift giving. This year, however, Plauché is worried about how much she can afford to spend on gifts. Her main struggle? Student loan payments.

San Marcos took down Smithson Valley 74-60 in a game full of momentum swings, with the Rattlers starting off hot and then pulling away in the second half. San Marcos was able to push the pace and outrun the Rangers in transition, but also got stops with physical defense and solid shot contests in the half-court game.

After a stellar week on the hardwood, Texas State sophomore guard Jordan Mason was chosen as the Sun Belt Conference’s Player of the Week on Tuesday. It is the first time he has earned the honor in his career.

Tennyson Moreno announced his campaign for State Representative House District 45 as a Republican last week. Erin Zwiener is the current State Representative for Texas House District 45.

Board will continue to be made up of five single-member and two at-large districts

Wreaths Across America honors veterans, teaches the next generation

The number of Texans living in poverty slightly declined during the fiveyear period ending in 2022, though several rural counties saw their share of poor residents increase, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates.