Ghost tour breathes life into downtown
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“They say that the CF room in the back of Reata Restaurant is haunted. Lights go up and down. Is it because of paranormal activity, or is it just a 150-year-old house?
April 2022
On to Regionals in track and field!
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The Alpine High School girls varsity track and field team won the Area competition at Denver City on April 21, and they will continue on to Regionals in Abilene on Friday and Saturday, April 29-30. Here the girls show off their championship plaque.
Alpine ISD discusses gym floor, proposed donation
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Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held its regularly scheduled meeting on April 20, and welcomed news about the Alpine High School gym floor mess that has plagued the district since last year. A potential donation for the gym floor was also discussed.
Early voting for May 7 elections continues
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City, AISD, and propositions all on separate ballots Early voting for the City of Alpine and Alpine ISD Board of Trustees continues through Tuesday, and voters will also have to make choices on two proposed Texas constitutional amendments.
Charles Wade Smith
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Charles Wade Smith, fondly known to all as Wade, came into this world on Aug. 13, 1955, and was the second son to Charles and Nan Marie Smith in Edinburg, Texas. On April 5, 2022 he passed away peacefully at the age of 66 in Galveston, Texas.
Oran Marshall Duncan
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Funeral services for Oran Marshall Duncan, 52, of Denver City, Texas, were held April 22, 2022, in the First Baptist Church with Dr. Marty Akins officiating. Interment followed in the Denver City Memorial Park with services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home.
Art and Empire, 1846-1861
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As discussed last month, the period from the war with Mexico to the Civil War was a great age of exploration of the American West. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848) ceded California and the Southwest to the U.S.
Pitching in for the fire department
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Members of Alpine’s Holy Angels Cemetery Association Robert Polanco, Elidia Polanco, Rosie Pallanez, and President Mike Pallanez presented a $300 check to the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department and Alpine Fire Rescue Chief Andrew Pierce, along with Alpine firefighter and EMT...
Observatory holds Dark Sky Festival
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The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory will hold its first Dark Skies Festival Friday and Saturday, April 29-30. The festival will include daytime and evening events for the whole family, plus the debut of the new “Preserving Dark Skies” exhibit in the Frank N.
Raymond Mobb
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What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? Seeing all the people I have worked hard with succeed in life. What activities are you involved in during your senior year? I am a part of the student advisory council and part of the Art dark skies project.
