ATLAS 4000 ride taking off from Lometa on Saturday

The annual ATLAS 4000 bike ride will start around 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Stoneledge Winery in Lometa.

The 4,000-plus-mile bike trek to Anchorage, Alaska has not been held in its entirety the last two years because of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 and 2021.

The ATLAS Ride invites supporters to raise funds and ride along a 25- or 50-mile route with members of the Texas 4000 team, according to a news re…