February 2026

The spring season of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s five scheduled rodeos closed the books on the first one, after competitors from the Lone Star Region competed in Fort Worth, February 2-4.

February 19: Girls Only @ Wink February 27–28: Mustang Invitational @ Fort Hancock | 8 a.m. (MST) March 5: Monahans Dual @ Monahans | JV/V: 4 p.m.

February 21: St. Edward’s vs SRSU | 3 p.m.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks and Lady Bucks golf teams traveled to Fort Stockton last week to take on their area rivals, with the JV team playing on Wednesday and the varsity boys and girls competing on Friday and Saturday.

The Alpine varsity and junior varsity track teams traveled down Highway 90 to participate in the Queen City Relays in Del Rio last Friday. Both teams demonstrated depth, securing placements in the top eight across all divisions, with several athletes earning multiple event placements.

Dear Neil, I have a bed of cast-iron plants beneath a large live oak. We just bought our house two years ago. The bed looked fine last year, but now, after the cold, it looks very bad. Will the plants come back? Is the browning strictly because of the cold?

Alpine Avalanche.

Send your community events to kara.gerbert@alpineavalanche.com Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering February 20-22 Mile High Fire Fighter Training, contact Roy Hurley with the Fort Davis VFD 432-426-3900 February 20-21 Mc Donald Observatory Star Party-7:30PM February 20 Davis Mountain State Park, Birding for Beginners 9am February 21 Davis Mountain State Park, art in the park 2pm February 21 Alpine Visitors Center, Farmers Market, 9AM February 21 Desert Sky Quilters, Sunshine House, 10AM February 21 SRSU Scholarship Rodeo, 1PM February 22 Brisket, Taters and Tunes benefiting the Terlingua Animal Clinic. Event is by donation at 45 Kempf Rd, Terlingua, 6PM February 26 McDonald Observatory- Dark Skys Virtual Livestream, 7:30.

INGREDIENTS Cooking spray or oil for the slow cooker 2 red bell peppers, seeded and sliced into strips ½ a small onion, sliced into strips 4 (8-ounce) boneless pork loin chops ½ cup of teriyaki sauce 2 tablespoons of rice vinegar 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes ¼ cup of peanut butter, creamy is recommended ½ cup of chopped green onions ¼ cup of chopped, roasted peanuts 2 limes, cut into wedges DIRECTIONS Coat a slow cooker with cooking spray or oil. Place the bell pepper, onion strips, and pork chops in the slow cooker.

There’s almost nothing better than a good Thai peanut sauce. And dropping some juicy pork chops in it makes it just that much better.