September 2021

On Sept. 14 the Texas Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus announced that Visit Alpine, Texas won the 2021 Judges Choice Idea Fair award for Cooperative Marketing for a series of advertorial features in statewide print magazines.

The Fightin’ Buck cheerleaders lead a pep rally at the Alpine High School gym on Sept. 10 to energize the football team who played Wink at Buck Stadium that night. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

Senior setter/middle hitter Annika Canaba was named American Southwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week after helping volleyball to a 2-1 conference record this past week. “Annika is off to a great start,” said Head Coach Troy Canaba.

On Saturday, Sept. 18, from 3-5 p.m., Big Bend Bluegrass Association will hold its first monthly music jam at Kokernot Park in Alpine. The September jam will be the first of many events, including a bluegrass festival scheduled for October 2022 in Alpine.

“New Yorker”-staff writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright will discuss his novel “The End of October” on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. as part of Alpine Public Library’s community conversations on health care resources in the Big Bend region.

At the 20th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony Saturday at the Alpine Border Patrol Station, Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson (right) presented Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin (left) with a piece of metal from World Trade Tower II that was destroyed by a terrorist attack on Sept....

What do you do when life gives you lemons? Make lemonade of course! If you are like me, growing up in Texas during the summer means it’s hot, and nothing is better than an ice-cold glass of some thing sweet and refreshing.

The Big Bend Ranch Rodeo recently announced that this year it made the largest donation in its history to the Sul Ross Rodeo Excellence Fund.

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Storm, a four-year-old Chihuahua mix, just one of five currently at the shelter. She weighs around 11 pounds. Storm, Maple, Lacey, Kobe, and Zekara are all waiting for new homes.

Alpine High School ag teacher Doug Fox heads up this week’s Greenhand Leadership Conference at the Sul Ross State University SALE arena for FFA students in the Big Bend District. Nine area schools participated, including Alpine, Fort Davis, Fort Stockton, Pecos, and more.