February 2026

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The Alpine City Council met for its regular meeting on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers.

The Alpine Powerlifting team traveled to Kermit last week and had another impressive showing, with multiple competitors bringing home hardware. With a short season, powerlifters work hard to max out in the weight room to continue their strengthening and consistency.

The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks varsity basketball team closed out the regular season in dominant fashion last week, rolling to backto- back wins over Anthony and Kermit to lock in second place in district and punch their ticket to the postseason Bi-District Championship game.

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The Marfa Lady Horns’ basketball season came to a close Tuesday night in the Bi-District Round of the playoffs against Buena Vista High School. Marfa faced early adversity as Buena Vista’s full-court press disrupted the Lady Horns’ offense and forced several turnovers. The early pressure resulted in a quick 14–4 deficit. After a timeout by Coach Kevin Pippen, Marfa settled in and began breaking the press, but struggled to convert open scoring opportunities, heading into halftime trailing 38–8.

At Dallas Theological Seminary from 1972 until 1976, we had Chapel four times each week. So, if I attended Chapel every day it was held (and I loved our Chapel Services), I heard about 576 sermons in four years, not counting that my family and I also attended a local church for those four years.