December 2022

WEEK Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Athena. Athena is looking for that special someone. She had a rough start to life, but it has not affected her sweet, affectionate, adoring personality. Gentle and kind, she loves walks and romping around the yard with the other dogs at the Shelter.

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Send your community events to editor@alpineavalanche.com. Jan.

County VSO discusses veterans’ issues Brewster County Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 25, and county Veterans Affairs Officer Adam Daley, a 23-year U.S.

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The wide-open spaces of West Texas lured a record 581,000 recreational visits to remote Big Bend in 2021. These numbers reflect a 25% increase since 2019, the last year the park was completely open, and a 49% increase since 2016.

For much of the 19th Century, except in time of war when the U.S. Army was purposely kept small, it was unusual for someone to be appointed to the officer corps that had not graduated from West Point. One such appointee was Arthur Tracey Lee, born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania on Jun. 26, 1814.

In the Thursday, Dec.15 edition of the Avalanche, the date listed to fill the position for the Brewster County Tourism department’s Administrative Assistant should state Jan. 30, not June 23..

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“Big results require big ambitions.” — Heraclitus, ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher “Good afternoon, I hope you remember me from the early 1980s before I moved to Hemphill,” the message in my inbox from Gary Stewart began. “You were a helpful boss and advocate, and I appreciated your advice.”