May 2025

The May 3 general election has passed, and with it, the Alpine City Council now has two new members. Richard Portillo won the election by a landslide in the only contested race for the Ward 1 seat, formerly held by Reagan Stone, with a total of 118 votes over his opponents, Austin Smith, who earned 43 votes, and Andres “Andy” Ramos, who earned five votes.

The Alpine varsity baseball team ended its season this past weekend as runners-up in the Bi-District Championship, capping off a standout year with its best regular-season record since the pandemic. But the Bucks’ playoff run came to a sudden and controversial end following a bench-clearing incident in Game 2 against Lamesa—a finish that has left many in the Alpine community demanding answers.

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The Museum of the Big Bend held a sneak peek opening reception last Wednesday for the Snapshots in Time: Life in Brewster County photo exhibit. This exhibition is created in a partnership with Crossroads: Change in Rural America, which is part of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Museum on Main Street.