July 2025

If your idea of summer fun includes sweating profusely in nature while being stalked by curious deer and judgmental lizards, you’re in luck. Hiking season in Far West Texas is still going strong.

The Alpine Cowboys made a strong statement last week, sweeping the visiting Roswell Invaders in three straight games at Kokernot Field to improve to 25-22 on the season and surge back above .500 just in time for the final stretch.

A longtime and devoted Pecos educator, Delma Hernandez Molinar, peacefully passed away on July 22, 2025, at her home in Pecos, surrounded by her loving family. Born on September 6, 1936, in Alpine, to Jesusita and David Hernandez, Sr., Delma lived a life centered on faith, family, service, and education.

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” — Albert Einstein Mom talked fondly about her father. I remember things about Arthur G.

In a region where rugged terrain, vast distances, and extreme conditions challenge even the most seasoned responders, fire departments across Brewster County have demonstrated what true collaboration looks like. The Marathon Volunteer Fire Department, Terlingua Fire and EMS, Big Bend Forest Service, and Alpine Volunteer Fire Department have come together in an unprecedented display of interoperability and training coordination, setting a high standard for rural emergency response.

The Big Bend Regional Hospital Board held its regular meeting on Thursday in Marathon at the Marathon Health Clinic. Dr.

As of June 2, Marathon ISD officially welcomed Keith Kimbrough as its new superintendent, following the retirement of former Superintendent Dr. Ivonne Durant. No stranger to small school administration, Kimbrough left the Piney Woods and 1A Martinsville ISD for the deserts of West Texas to take the reins for the Mustangs.

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The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 23, at the Alpine ISD Administration Building. District 7 Trustee Joshua Cross and District 2 Trustee Joe Portillo were not in attendance. Alpine ISD Superintendent Michelle Rinehart presided over the meeting.

Photos by Kara Gerbert .