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BEARS!

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Lately I have read of black bear sightings in East Texas. According to the National Science Research Laboratory site, American Black Bears, were widespread throughout our state years ago. From the 1960s to the early 2000s, those animals appeared only in remnant populations in mountainous areas of Brewster, Presidio, and Jeff Davis Counties).
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GOP win raises stakes for Cornyn’s leadership bid

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With Republicans regaining majority control of the Senate, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is making his bid to become that chamber’s majority leader. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, had previously announced he would step down as party leader. Republicans will hold at least a 53-45 edge in January, with Senate races in two states still undecided as of Friday morning.