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Category Archives: Outdoors
Emu on the run
A wayward emu is on the loose in northwestern Harrison County after spooking a rancher’s livestock for the past couple of weeks. Continue reading
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On the road with Wes and Scott
Vicious alligators! Death-defying ziplines! Salty buildings! Check out our six-part series of day trips around East Texas — no luggage required. Continue reading
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Cicada song
Tiny nymphs hide among the trees of East Texas. But as they grow older, the midsummer night beckons. Continue reading
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A dying man's 'holy calling'
Dencil Marsh’s wife calls him a billy goat the way he scrambles over leaf-strewn ledges and through deep, dry washes. Somehow, he said, he never loses his footing. He wanders foot trails through scrubby forest and brush, exploring a patch … Continue reading
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Otters among us
The playful river critters are gaining numbers in East Texas, and state biologists hope to learn more about their ways. Continue reading
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What goes up … must come down the mountain
That’s no problem when you’re like the fun-seekers who brave the trails at Barnwell Mountain. Continue reading
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Forest giants weather age, development
Many of the biggest trees recorded in the state of Texas are found in the Longview area. Continue reading
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Gilmer man can’t slither out of this ticket
The only good snake is a dead snake, as Ricky Huey sees it. So when he spied a water moccasin crossing a highway bridge near Gilmer, he pulled over and got out his pellet gun. Continue reading
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Area mystery mounds delight archaeologists
Locked away and hidden from the nearby town of Longview, largely undisturbed for a thousand years, is an ancient and mysterious place that guards the secrets of a vanished people. It is a sacred place. It is a wide, grassy … Continue reading
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The Bigfoot hunter
There wasn’t time to fix the propeller, and there wasn’t time for precaution. The party pressed farther into the swamp, because that’s where Bigfoot was. Continue reading
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Life on the Sabine
Its reputation is foul and dirty, but some people who know it well believe the river that snakes through East Texas is a natural treasure and vital to life. Continue reading
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