July 2024

Breaking in a new partner

The Sul Ross State University Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Department, in partnership with the University of Scranton-Pennsylvania, offered a Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Investigation Camp for area high school students in Alpine July 9-11.

Area learners aged 16 through adult will now be able to gain professional hospitality training at no cost, thanks to the generosity of foundations, donors, and area businesses who have provided signifi cant financial support to the Mountain View Hospitality Academy.

Costumes make the play at theater camp

Arts Council gets donation

Anita O. Losoya, born on August 28, 1945, in Alpine, bid farewell to this world on June 6 in Houston. Anita earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sul Ross State University. She continued to broaden her horizons by enrolling in business courses, postgraduation.

Jose Luis Dutchover, Jr. aged 71, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his children on July 2 in New Mexico.

Thank you My husband and I volunteer at the Alpine Animal Shelter, which allows us to observe the work of the compassionate staff who care for the shelter animals and rescue other animals in our community. The shelter is often short-staffed, and the staff overworked, but they do an amazing job of keeping the facilities spotless; the animals fed, watered, and healthy; and providing opportunities for the animals to socialize with others.

“The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort.” — Will Rogers (1879 1935) American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. “More old coffee drinkers solving the world’s problems, and more prayer.

Climatologists at Yale University have described climate change in Texas as a battle between the “Haves and the Have Nots.” To the south, with the Gulf of Mexico warming, “huge influxes of moisture” are bringing more rain and flooding. However, the dry desert air in the West is producing droughts with much less moisture. Mexico is experiencing a severe, ongoing drought that, according to the National Weather Service, could be partly responsible for the drought experienced here in Jeff Davis County. Our drought persists, with half of the county suffering from severe drought, and the other half from extreme drought.