August 2024

Although our esteemed mayor Eaves suggested otherwise in last week’s Sentinel letter, safety from gun violence is an extremely local issue, as those of us who experienced the Alpine High School shooting in 2016, or the Uvalde shooting in 2022, understand.

The Alpine Emergency Services Board met last Thursday, August 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD).

Happy, happy, joy, joy? As I watched the Democrat National Convention this year their theme appeared to be happiness and joy.

Airman Justin Miller, a native of Alpine, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Training Technical Unit, where sailors learn the skills needed to ensure aircraft are missionready. Miller graduated from Alpine High School in 2020.

August 11 was 811Day and served as a reminder to all homeowners, professional contractors, and DIY enthusiasts alike to contact 811 before beginning any digging project. It should also bring awareness of the potential injuries, property damage, and outages if underground utilities are damaged.

While I am far from a constitutional scholar I did grow up in a Southern Baptist Church in El Paso. And, while not in the “Bible Belt” I remember the doctrine of “separation of church and state” being hammered into me regularly and I bought into it like it was the gospel!

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The Tri-County Voter Promoters was formed from a long-standing voter registration effort by volunteers in Jeff Davis County. In 2020, these volunteers began to explore new options for registering voters, ultimately deciding to form the Tri-County Voter Promoters.

I would like to address some of Reagan Stone’s arguments last week and outline a different perspective. I am fully aware that this is a very complex topic and a divisive one.

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