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BLUE HIGHWAYS As early as the 1930s the Texas Highway Department ensured wildflowers would be part of right-of-way landscaping. | TxDOT

BLUE HIGHWAYS As early as the 1930s the Texas Highway Department ensured wildflowers would be part of right-of-way landscaping. | TxDOT

Hill Country offers happy blues

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Body Spring officially makes its entry this week, but the Texas wildflower scene is way ahead of the game this year.If you get the chance in the next three weeks, hit the highways and be prepared for quite the show that bluebonnets have in store for you.

2024 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Body Public and Civic Meetings Coming UpPlease let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comBICENTENNIAL CITY-COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY and Friends of the Library will have a reorganizational meeting,Thursday, Mar. 21, 5 p.m., at the Bicentennial Library, 825 Backus St.
Cajun dirty rice, veggie style

Cajun dirty rice, veggie style

Cajun dirty rice, veggie style

Angelina L
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Body CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COMDirty rice is a Cajun dish frequently served with seafood or sausage. We often serve it with a shrimp boil, which we prepare lowcountry–style with chunks of smoked sausage, short ears of corn, and small new potatoes.
The 501

The 501

The 501

Hanaba Munn Welch
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Body COMMENTARYmild-mannered amateur radio operator, and you’re not likely to find a zoot suit. Zoot guys and hams are essentially non-overlapping subcultures that rarely get mentioned in the same breath. You knew that. Except you never thought about it. Me either.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE Tulia-based Rural Energy Solutions recently launched as an outgrowth of Swisher Electric Cooperative. Their field operations team is led by experienced licensed electrician Zach Harmon, who brings over 20 years of industry expertise. | COURTESY PHOTO

POWER TO THE PEOPLE Tulia-based Rural Energy Solutions recently launched as an outgrowth of Swisher Electric Cooperative. Their field operations team is led by experienced licensed electrician Zach Harmon, who brings over 20 years of industry expertise. | COURTESY PHOTO

Rural Energy Solutions to provide residential and commercial electrical power in Panhandle

Staff Reports
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Body TULIA—Rural Energy Solutions, LLC, announced its debut last week as a provider of residential and commercial electrical services in the region. A wholly owned subsidiary of Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.

LOOKING BACK

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Body March 21, 1985: Area veterinarian named man of the yearDr. David Fuston named Man of the Year at Childress. . . . Sam Brown entertains at meeting of Silverton Senior Citizens. . . . Mrs. Stella McJimsey was a patient at Swisher Memorial Hospital from Tuesday until Saturday. . . .