Sabinal

From the petite 20-acre El Sabinal, lining a wet arroyo near Cerralvo in Nuevo Leon, to the 1,289-square-mile

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter Christine Delsol 2011

The Coyotes (16-15) move on to face either sixth-ranked Sabinal or Pettus in the Region IV-A quarterfinals next week.

Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories George Vondracek 2010

But the economically distressed county is getting $5.4 million to widen a half-mile stretch of Ranch Road 187 south of Sabinal, a southwest Texas town of about 1,700.

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Sabinal isn't the only Texas town that's hog-tied.

The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue 2009

; Sabinal at Rocksprings, 7: 30 p.m.; St. Gerard at Center Point, 7: 30 p.m.

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But the economically distressed county is getting $5.4 million to widen a half-mile stretch of Ranch Road 187 south of Sabinal, a southwest Texas town of about 1,700.

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Instead of crying about it, Sabinal residents have turned their porcine problem into a marketing opportunity, branding their town the Wild Boar Capital of Texas and creating the Wild Hog Festival, which annually attracts upwards of 10,000 international attendees.

The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue 2009

Riggins said he'd been the recipient of a similar beak-lashing during previous recent visits to the Nueces, Sabinal and Frio rivers around Leakey, Concan, Uvalde and Utopia.

Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories David Sikes 2009

(The Fred Gipson story on which the movie was based is set near Mason, 150 miles north of Sabinal.)

The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue 2009

Uvalde County is getting $5.4 million to widen a half-mile stretch of Ranch Road 187 south of Sabinal.

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