April 2024

Alpine golfer ends run at Regionals

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Alpine High School golfer David Baca tees off during the Regional golf tournament held in Abilene on Tuesday. BY KARA GERBERT Managing Editor Alpine Buck golfer David Baca hit the links in Abilene on Monday and Tuesday of this week for the Regional tournament.
Alpine golfer ends run at Regionals

AVFD responds to community fires

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The Alpine Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) responded to two different fires in Alpine early this month. In the early morning hours of Thursday, April 4, Alpine Fire Rescue was called out about a structure fire in the 700 block of E Ave I.
AVFD personnel responded to a rubbish fire one recent afternoon. Photo courtesy of AFVD

Your last meal

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HEAD OVER MEALS Over the years, my friends and I have always had a conversation about what would be our last meal request if we were ever on death row. Now granted, none of us ever did anything that would warrant us a trip to said death row, but when discussing food, the last meal one would request holds a lot of weight.
Your last meal

Alpine Lady Bucks Area Champions

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Just as they did previously in Crane at the District meet, the Alpine Lady Bucks track and field team trampled their competition at the Area meet with a total score of 145 points. That’s 76 points ahead of the secondplace finisher Muleshoe and 77 points ahead of the third-place team of Denver City. This makes the Lady Bucks track and field team four-time Area champions in 3A District 4.
The Alpine Lady Buck track and field team ran away with the Area championship for the fourth year in a row. Pictured are the girls and their Coach, Cory Cason. Courtesy photo

Early voting for May 4 City election is set

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Early voting for the City of Alpine’s May 4 general and special election is set to begin on April 22 and will continue through April 30. Registered voters in the City of Alpine’s Wards 1 and 5 may cast their ballots early at the City Council Chambers, 803 West Holland Avenue.
Early voting for May 4 City election

Border light may break the international dark skies reserve

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The Alpine City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 16. At the top of the meeting, Catherine Eaves, Alpine City Mayor, shared that, US Customs and Border Patrol has presented a proposed plan to install 25.15 miles of new high-intensity lighting along the international border in El Paso County.
In observance of Public Service Week, May 5-11, city workers came together to be honored at Tuesday’s city council meeting.