July 2021

The Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are partnering to provide technical and financial assistance to landowners interested in restoring and enhancing wildlife habitat on their land.

This is the time of year when I would normally write about Barn Swallows nesting since they delight me annually by raising several broods each season under the eaves of my front porch. But nesting birds close to the house present unique challenges, and not all of us deal with those the same way. This month, I’ll let good friend and Alpine resident Don Derden describe his experiences.

Presidio County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a vehicle washed away at around 10 p.m. on June 28 at the Alamito Creek crossing south of Dollar General. An all night search for the vehicle was conducted, and it was finally located at around 5 a.m. on June 29 with a Sheriff’s Office drone.

A federal judge last week sentenced Thomas Alan Arthur, 65, to 40 years in federal prison for operating a website dedicated to publishing writings that detailed the sexual abuse of children. On Jan.

The idea of encapsulating the life of a man as magnificent as Robert Charles Johns in something as trite and permanent as an obituary has been a true struggle. Robert Charles Johns, also known as Bobby Johns and Bob Johns, was born on Feb.

Richard V. Portillo, 62, of Alpine, Texas, passed away on June 19, 2021.

Anne Tyree Eckley was born on Dec. 31, 1927, in Lawton, Okla., to Eloise Vaughan and John Tyree.

At the Brewster County Commissioners Court meeting on June 23, County Judge Eleazar Cano announced that many taxpayers filed protests after appraisal notices were sent out recently. Cano said he, Treasurer Julie Morton, and Auditor Patty Roach met with county Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Denise Flores and Tax Assessor-Collector Sylvia Vega.

STAAR test results headlined the Alpine ISD Board of Trustees regular meeting on June 29. The annual assessment includes testing for third through eighth grade students in reading and math, fourth and seventh grade writing, fifth and eighth grade science, eighth grade social studies, and high school end-of-course assessments for English I, English II, algebra I, biology, and U.S.

It’s a nice day for reading with the Alpine o6 Cowboy baseball team as Easton Giambalvo, 10, of Fort Davis joins player Thomas Riley on June 25 for a read and play session at Kokernot Field. The fun event was arranged for kids from ages six to 14, and included free hot dogs and a game of catch with Cowboy players. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill