June 2025

Legislative session wraps up The dust hasn’t quite settled on the 2025 legislative session, but here’s a sampling of bills already sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.

The non-profit partnership between Marfa ISD, Marathon ISD, and Alpine ISD has been designated a Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). This designation allows the Big Bend Rural Initiative for Success in Education (BB-RISE) alliance, which focuses on small, rural districts, to collaborate across district lines to create shared college and career pathways. BB-RISE can now expand high-quality postsecondary opportunities for these rural students via coordinated efforts across the districts, higher education institutions, and the workforce.

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Dear Neil, How can we have the best results in raising a pineapple from the top of a fruit? I’ll give you the steps I have always followed with almost 100% success. • Start with a healthy, green top on the fruit that you buy.

Alpine Avalanche June 5, 1958 .

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FBC in Alpine Are you far from God? Do you struggle with shame or unworthiness? Many of us do, but God desires to be near to us so that we will see who we truly are. In Luke 15, Jesus tells a few stories about lost things.

Ten students from the Alpine ISD Fightin’ Buck Band recently participated in the State Solo and Ensemble contest in Austin. According to the Alpine High School band director, Chuck Wilson, there were mixed results from the competition, but all students came away with compliments on their musical performance from all the judges.

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