Kasandra Garza News Reporter Last night's election results revealed Scott Gregson won city council elections for place 5, while Melissa Derrick won for place 6. Both candidates held their watch parties together. Gregson described the win as a “resounding” one for both him and Melissa Derrick. “I’m hopeful the voters of San Marcos will ultimately be pleased with this election,” Gregson said. Gregson said over the past five years, San […]
By: Malik Mingo News Reporter The City of San Marcos has evacuated residents that live along the Blanco and San Marcos rivers. Residents have been encouraged to evacuate to Doris Miller Junior High School for their safety. Previous evacuees at the San Marcos Activity Center have been bussed to the new evacuation site. The school is currently setting up a space for pets. “We do want people to be very […]
By Janelle Abad Music Director Tomorrow kicks off the second year of the three day festival filled with the San Marcos essentials: floating, friends and music. Float Fest brings to the San Marcos river shores artists from across the nation including Phantogram, Local Natives, and Dr. Dog, but the festival still brings out the central Texas roots with native Austin band, The Bright Light Social Hour. The band's most recent […]
The City of San Marcos is seeking volunteers who are receiving water from the city’s public water system to assist with with a water monitoring program. Currently the City of San Marcos is required to conduct periodic water quality testing of its drinking water by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The City’s water system is scheduled to conduct monitoring within 2 six-month monitoring periods where the first period […]
The City of San Marcos will return to Stage 1 drought restrictions on August 9th, in response to dropping levels in the Edwards Aquifer. Conservation Coordinator of the City of San Marcos, Jan Klein says reservoir levels are approaching drought triggers “Our reservoirs are doing a lot better than they were earlier in the year but several of them are still a bit on the low side, those levels are […]
A San Marcos man who drowned in the San Marcos river earlier Wednesday morning has been identified. The victim, Daniel Hannon, 80, was tubing near the Children's Park with family members when his sister-in-law fell out of her tube. Hannon left his tube to help assist her in getting back into her tube. Officials report Hannon telling her that he was already tired, then attempted to swim back and […]
by KTSW Music Staff With this year's Float Fest hitting our very own San Marcos river shores this coming August 28th-30th, the KTSW music department has provided you with songs by Float Fest artists that you've heard on our airwaves. Brush up on tunes from this year's lineup with our fifty track long playlist including songs from New York duo, Phantogram, a dreamy favorite, Local Natives, innovative electronic dance artist, Robert DeLong, […]
Taylor Zavala News Director On the morning of June 27, 2015 around 8:10a.m. a swimmer in the San Marcos River discovered a body tangled in the Texas wild rice where Texas State University Police were called to the scene for investigation. The body was shortly identified as David Curtis McKnight, 29, who was reported missing around midnight by friends after a night of swimming in the headwaters river. University Police […]
By KTSW Music Staff Soak up some San Marcos sun and crank up this Spotify playlist filled with handpicked summer tunes from your KTSW Music Staff! Endless Summer: Float Edition is best paired with an inflatable tube, the sweet smells of sun screen, and a group of your best friends floating along the San Marcos river. This 45 minute playlist is jam packed with lighthearted and upbeat tracks that will even get […]
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