Hays County

For the past six years, the Miakan-Garza Band, a Coahuiltecan tribe in San Marcos, has been petitioning UT to return human remains to them for reburial. They believe the ancient remains, all found in Hays County, are their ancestors.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is also joining the county's health department and other local law enforcement agencies as part of an overdose task force.

El Camino Real de los Tejas is a National Historic Trail that traces back to before the start of Texas. The 2,600 miles stretch all the way from the Texas-Mexico border to Natchitoches, La. Part of the historic trail runs right through San Marcos.

A new student-made art installation in San Marcos depicts the Coahuiltecan creation story and the five guardians of the San Marcos River.

The news comes at a time when Central Texas is already dealing with one of the hottest and driest summers on record and bracing for even more heat and drought conditions in the coming months.

Have you ever wondered how much water will be flowing from the San Marcos Springs in the next 10 years? 20 years? 50 years? Researchers at Texas State University's Meadows Center are working on a new public dashboard to answer those questions for communities statewide.

San Marcos City Council is weighing what kind of economic incentives to give to a company that’s trying to build a full-service film studio on land that’s on the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer.

Several races from the March primary in Texas went to a runoff, meaning no candidate seeking their party’s nomination got more than 50% of the vote. So now, the top two candidates in those races are facing off.

Several races from the March primary in Texas went to a runoff, meaning no candidate seeking their party’s nomination got more than 50% of the vote. So now, the top two candidates in those races are facing off this month.

KUT is launching a second ATXplained series just a little farther down I-35 in San Marcos. Here's how you can ask a question for SMTXplained.