October 2023

The Alpine City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 17. Mayor Catherine Eaves shared during her mayor’s report that she met with a group on Tuesday morning called Water in the Desert with the Rio Grande Joint Venture.

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HEAD OVER MEALS It’s finally beginning to feel like fall. Those high 90s and triple-digit temperatures of the summer are hopefully behind us.

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Two members of the Presidio community and employees of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) were recently awarded the Extra Mile Award in College Station.

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The Alpine Humane Society (AHS) has been a community staple since 1982.

The Alpine Lady Bucks, now with a sevenwin streak and remaining first in the district, faced the Tornillo Coyotes last Tuesday and the Wink Wildcats on Saturday. In the first set of the district home game against Tornillo the Lady Bucks won 25-12, 25-11 in the second set, and 25-5 in the third.

The Marathon to Marathon (M2M) celebrates its 20th race this Saturday. This annual event began in 2003 and has been going strong ever since.

Dear Neil: Is it possible to sterilize cedar elm trees so we won’t have all the seedlings come spring? We have put down corn gluten meal in September to stop the germination, but millions have come up in the spring.