April 2022

Ghost tour breathes life into downtown

4 years ago By Shawna Graves Contributing Writer

“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?” queried Brett Scott, Sul Ross State University Theatre Director and Friday evening’s leader of Alpine Ghost Tours.

On to Regionals in track and field!

4 years ago By News Staff

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

4 years ago By Roxanne Hill Staff Writer

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.

Alpine ISD discusses gym floor, proposed donation

Early voting for May 7 elections continues

4 years ago By Gail Diane Yovanovich Managing Editor

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. For the city, school teacher Catherine Eaves and Alpine businessman Amit Rangra are facing off for the mayoral seat.

Charles Wade Smith

4 years ago By News Staff

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

4 years ago By News Staff

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. Oran passed away April 18, 2022, in Denver City.

Art and Empire, 1846-1861

4 years ago By Fiddler’s Green

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., and the Treaty of Oregon with Great Britain (1846) essentially established the borders of the new American nation. It was now time to survey the vast interior, and discover its hidden treasurers.

Pitching in for the fire department

4 years ago By News Staff

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 Zachary Davis, during the spaghetti supper fundraiser held at the American Legion Post 79 on April 23. The fundraiser and donations netted the fire department $3,000.

Observatory holds Dark Sky Festival

4 years ago By News Staff

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. Bash Visitor Center. Both the exhibit and the festival are funded by Apache Corporation.

Raymond Mobb

4 years ago By News Staff

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.