July 2023

The Pecos League will hold two All-Star Games this month. The Pacific Division All-Star Game will take place next Sunday at Martinez’ Waterfront Park while the Mountain Division’s stellar event is set for Sunday, July 16 at Kokernot Field in Alpine.

Sul Ross has a new men’s head soccer coach. Bailey Guffin, former head coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State University, will take over and lead the men’s team this season.

The Alpine Cowboys will host a baseball camp on July 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The camp is open to kids ages six and up and participants will need a glove and workout clothes, which includes running shoes, shorts or baseball pants, and a water bottle and a hat are highly recommended.

Now that I’m six months into the County Judge position, friends are always asking me “Greg, are you regretting running for the position?” or “Greg, is being the CJ like having your wisdom teeth removed?”

“Don’t worry about getting older. You’re still going to do dumb stuff.

Benito “Ben” Aranda Cobos Jr., 89 years old, passed away peacefully on June 27, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Alpine. Ben was born on April 13, 1934, to Benito Franco Cobos and Elvira Aranda Cobos in Alpine.

It is with great sadness and extremely heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Gabriella “Gabby” Allyse Rodriguez, beloved mother, daughter, fiancée, friend and her unborn son, Ezekiel Nathaniel Rodriguez Gonzalez.

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The I-20 Wildlife Preserve will enlarge its outdoor classroom in an entirely new way this summer when they welcome high school students into its new Conservation Job Corps program Monday morning.