Chamber hosts Rally for the Rattlers spirit week to promote SMCISD
Sun, 09/15/2024 - 5:00am
Get ready to show off your Rattler pride.
Get ready to show off your Rattler pride.
H.O.M.E. Center’s Pathways to HOME for Veterans project helped Jack Williams secure housing. Pictured are Elena Garcia, Housing Choice Voucher Specialist; Lana Wagner, Executive Director; Rebecca Reyes, Portability Specialist; Robyn Garcia, HCV Manager; Amy McGuire, Housing Choice Voucher Specialist; Jack Williams, HudVash recipient; Raymond Mudgett, peer support specialist through ViaHope and Hannah Durrance, H.O.M.E. Center Director.
Photos provided by H.O.M.E. Center
Homeless no more.
For the first time in Texas State University’s 125-year history, more than 40,000 students have enrolled for the fall 2024 semester.
Four hundred and sixty- six lives were lost to overdose in Hays County in 2023, according to the Center for Disease Control. That’s 466 local families that lost a loved one to addiction last year. Cenikor Foundation recently hosted an Overdose Awareness event to allow local families time to grieve and share their stories while simultaneously educating the public. The event provided free Narcan and Fentanyl test strips, and everyone in attendance was encouraged to keep Narcan on hand as you never know when you could save a life.
Parents of Texas children under 18 can now monitor and restrict their child’s activity on digital platforms including Facebook and Instagram — but only if they know their child uses the service.
Above, Mayor Jane Hughson and the San Marcos Academy lower school kindergarten through second grade students. Left, Mayor Jane Hughson speaks to San Marcos Academy students.
Photos courtesy of San Marcos Academy
San Marcos Academy lower school students in grades kindergarten through second hosted San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson for a presentation and question and answer session on Thursday, Sept. 12 as part of their unit on community.
The San Marcos Rotary Club packed school supplies for eight villages in Northern Mexico as well as for child-serving nonprofit organizations in San Marcos.
Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club
Twenty-four San Marcos Rotarians, Texas State students and community members packaged school supplies for eight villages in Northern Mexico and child-serving nonprofits in San Marcos on Aug. 30. The event took place at First Christian Church on Ranch Road 12.
Hays County 4-H is excited to announce its 4-H 101 Night, an informative and engaging event for local youth and their families, set to take place on Monday, Sept. 16 at the Wimberley Public Library from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Mountain lions still roam parts of Texas as one of the state’s last remaining native carnivores. On Sept. 1, Texas for the first time will ban canned mountain lion hunts, which conservationists hope will prevent mistreatment of the rarely- sighted predators.
A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on the Cypress Creek and Blanco River watersheds will be held on Sept. 24 in Wimberley.
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