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Mix up your holiday mainstays

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Serve up twice-baked sweet potatoes One of the many standards of the Thanksgiving table for most people is sweet potatoes. Most commonly they are cooked and mashed and then baked in a casserole dish and mixed with warm, seasonal spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg, and then topped with brown sugar, marshmallows, and occasionally pecans.
Mix up your holiday mainstays

Alpine’s TxDOT grant focused on study, not construction

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Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series Last week it was announced that the City of Alpine was awarded a grant from TxDOT for the Alpine Mobility Plan. The grant money, of $191,360 would be used to conduct a study that would evaluate traffic data, non-motorized locations within the community, connectivity challenges, roadway conditions, and other factors that would help develop recommendations for short-term and longterm improvements to bicycle and pedestrian networks.
Alpine’s TxDOT grant focused on study, not construction

Water in the Desert Conference scheduled for January

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An unprecedented conference is slated for Thursday, January 18 at Sul Ross State University. This one-of-a-kind conference will focus on water in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas, and it intends to bring together experts, landowners, community members, scientists, as well as elected officials to discuss the future of water in West Texas.
Water in the Desert Conference scheduled for January

Lady Lobos basketball prepares for final year in the ASC

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The Sul Ross Lady Lobos basketball team, like all of the other athletic teams at Sul Ross, is facing their final season of Division Three play in the American Southwest Conference. This season the Lady Lobos have eight returning players from last season who helped to set the women’s basketball program with their best winning record during Sul Ross’ NCAA era.
2023 Sul Ross Lady Lobos Basketball Courtesy photo

Sul Ross finishes strong at Texas Tech

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The Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team wrapped up its fall season at Texas Tech in Lubbock this past weekend. Colten Leech would shine in the steer wrestling event and take home the first-place spot with a time of 4.4 seconds in the short-go to win the average. Not to be outdone, Chisum Allen also earned a win in the tie-down roping with a 9.4-second run in the long-go followed up by a 9.6-second run in the short-go. Cole Hollen would add to the team’s success with a second-place finish in the bareback riding with a 78-point ride in the short-go and Tanner Skene placed ninth in the bull riding.
Wyatt Fields, a Sul Ross State University rodeo team member, recently won the United Professional Rodeo Association’s 2023 steer wrestling championship. Courtesy photo