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HEART-Y MEAL This combination of beans, potatoes, tomatoes, and barley, along with flavorful spices, is a winning, heart-healthy combination. | Angelina LaRue photo

HEART-Y MEAL This combination of beans, potatoes, tomatoes, and barley, along with flavorful spices, is a winning, heart-healthy combination. | Angelina LaRue photo

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It’s Black Bean Chili season

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Body Make something “hearty” for your sweetheart this weekend, or for the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday. This recipe is not only warm and comforting, it’s also very heart-healthy for you and the ones you love. I recall a stew I used to eat as a kid that had barely in it.

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Record-breaking snowfall blankets West Texas

After A Prolonged Period
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Body NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE of dry weather, which is not uncommon during the winter in West Texas, things took a dramatic turn. The instigating feature was a potent mid-upper level storm system that dropped into the Desert Southwest, then directed itself toward Texas.
HISTORY PARTNER Bob Saul, who has served as editor, vice-president, and president of publishing companies in Texas and Tennessee, in 2019 lent his expertise as consultant in volunteer program management and software development to reviving Texas’s longest-running cowboy poetry event. | HISTORYPARTNERS.COM

HISTORY PARTNER Bob Saul, who has served as editor, vice-president, and president of publishing companies in Texas and Tennessee, in 2019 lent his expertise as consultant in volunteer program management and software development to reviving Texas’s longest-running cowboy poetry event. | HISTORYPARTNERS.COM

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Briscoe County native spurs revival of heritage Big Bend tradition

Barbara Brannon
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Body Bob Saul isn’t a poet, and he isn’t a cowboy—although he’s part of a family that’s raised cattle outside Quitaque, Texas, for 70 years.
SNOW DAY Throughout Caprock Country last week, snowfall totals ranged from 7 inches in Briscoe County, at the western edge, to 3.2 inches in Cottle County, in the east—with Motley notching a record 11 inches, according to the National Weather Services. Full story, page 8; more reader photos, page 10. | COURTESY PHOTO

SNOW DAY Throughout Caprock Country last week, snowfall totals ranged from 7 inches in Briscoe County, at the western edge, to 3.2 inches in Cottle County, in the east—with Motley notching a record 11 inches, according to the National Weather Services. Full story, page 8; more reader photos, page 10. | COURTESY PHOTO

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SNOW DAY

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Body SNOW DAY

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LONE STAR COWBOY POETRY GATHERING 2023

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Body WHERE: Alpine, Texas WHEN: February 15-18, 2023 WHAT: Featuring a show rodeo with the members of the Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team on Wednesday; Chuckwagon Breakfasts and catered suppers on Friday and Saturday; cowboy poetry and music performing in day sessions,...
BISON IN THE BLIZZARD When Caprock Canyons State Park experienced more than half a foot of the white stuff last Tuesday, photographers Rick and CJ Boales were already stationed in the right spot to capture once-in-a-lifetime images. | RICK BOALES PHOTO

BISON IN THE BLIZZARD When Caprock Canyons State Park experienced more than half a foot of the white stuff last Tuesday, photographers Rick and CJ Boales were already stationed in the right spot to capture once-in-a-lifetime images. | RICK BOALES PHOTO

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Spur photographer duo capture perfect snowfall at Caprock Canyons

Barbara Brannon
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Body Photographers Rick and CJ Boales are no strangers to Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque, especially since their retirement and move to Dickens County from the Metroplex puts them just a short drive away.