Hays County and its partners in the Dahlstrom Ranch conservation easement will hold public meetings on March 22 and March 31 to gather input from residents on certain aspects of public access.

Novelist Tim O’Brien, holder of the Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University, has received the 2010 Katherine Anne Porter Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Bret Atwood exploded for a 5-for-6 night with four RBI and a pair of stolen bases to lead the Texas State baseball team to a stately 13-7 win over Texas Tech Tuesday night at Dan Law Field.

The Native American Student Association at Texas State University will host the 4th Fourth Annual Native American Cultural Awareness Conference 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 6 in the LBJ Student Cente

Jerry A. Coyne, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, will present an evening talk and book signing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at the Alkek Library Teaching Theatre on the campus of Texas State University.

Students in the Texas State University theater department recently participated in the Kennedy Center’s regional American College Theater Festival, garnering 15 total awards and three trips to the national festival in Washington.

The “Empty Bowls Project” in Buda last weekend raised $1,900 for the Hays County Food Bank, with about 100 local residents turning out to the event.

The Texas State women’s golf team finished the first day of action at the Claud Jacobs Intercollegiate Tournament in second place with a 37-over-par score of 613 at the Victoria Club on Sunday afternoon.

The City of San Marcos Public Services Department has implemented two new programs to encourage energy efficiency.

Neighborhood residents and City of San Marcos officials broke ground recently on the $9.3 million Rio Vista Terrace Improvement project.