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BRI employs GPS for Sandhill Crane research

8 months ago By News Staff

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Jack Bussey, a member of the Borderlands Research Institute team, recently participated in capturing Sandhill Cranes, adding GSM-GPS transmitters, auxiliary markers, and bands to the birds at the Bernardo Wildlife Area in New Mexico. This initiative supports long-time banding and marking that the central and Pacific flyways use to help determine management decisions. Courtesy photo

Marfa students do a bit of farming

8 months ago By News Staff

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Students from Marfa ISD grow green leaf lettuce in their Flex Farm, which is a vertical hydroponic growing technique allowing students to learn the processes of growing their own food from seed to table. Courtesy photo

BBRMC spotlights SRSU graduate

8 months ago By News Staff

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Natalie Diaz is a rehab technician and office coordinator at Big Bend Regional Medical Center. She began at BBRMC as an intern in 2024 and by that same summer progressed to a full-time physical therapy technician. Graduating in May 2025 with a BS in Kinesiology and a minor in Psychology, she is currently in the application process for acceptance into a Texas Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Photo courtesy of BBRMC

What God expects in 2026

8 months ago By Pastor Jonathan Portillo Grace Christian Fellowship

Body As we approach 2026, many are asking what the future holds—politically, economically, and socially —but a deeper, more important question deserves our attention: what does God expect of us in the coming year?

LUMP CRAB CAKE

8 months ago By News Staff

Body INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 large egg, beaten 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce 1-pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over 20 saltine crackers, finely crushed 1/4 cup canola oil Lemon wedges, for serving DIRECTIONS Mix all of...

A crab cake that stands alone

8 months ago By Head Over Meals

Body On a recent outing, we made a pitstop sightseeing and wandered into Fogo de Chão, an Argentinian Steakhouse best known for its fire-roasted cuts of beef, tableside service, and gauchos servers moving from table to table with skewers of meat.

For optimal orange trees, do your homework before purchasing

8 months ago By Gardener’s Mailbag

Body Dear Neil, I bought an orange tree from a local nursery in early 2022. It was supposed to be really sweet and hardier to cold than normal. I do not remember the variety. We had a hard freeze in December that year, and the top froze back to the ground.