May 2026

Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB), a statewide nonprofit that inspires and empowers Texans to improve their communities, has recognized Keep Fort Davis Beautiful as a Gold Star Affiliate—its highest honor for local partners.

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The Alpine Middle School golf team traveled to Wink on Thursday, May 7, to compete in the junior high Wink Invitational golf tournament. These kids hit the links and came back with some hardware to w for their efforts. Lady Buck Henleigh Anderson took the championship spot, as she brought back a first-place win for Alpine.

Kaden Lees-Whetten went to Austin chasing the podium in two of the toughest races on the track. He came home with two fourth-place finishes, two hard-earned State performances, and one more high school season to chase what is still out there.

Marfa High School junior Ayden Alvarez competed at the UIL State Track and Field Meet on Saturday, May 16, finishing fourth in the shot put with a throw of 49 feet, 3.25 inches. It was a major accomplishment for Alvarez, who entered the competition projected to finish ninth, but instead pushed his way into the top four on the biggest stage of his high school career.

Dear Neil, I have a 3.5-acre piece of property, and this groundcover grows wild over a good portion of it. I have two areas, however, where I planted and maintain Palisades Zoysia around my front walk and pool. This plant is starting to invade the grass around the pool. Is there a way to get rid of it in that space without harming the grass?

Alpine Avalanche.

Summertime in West Texas means smoke rolling in the back yard, kids running wild, somebody opening another cold drink, and a pit humming along long before sunset. Brisket or cabrito usually gets all the glory in Alpine, but now and then, something unexpected steals the show. For me, recently, it was smoked meatloaf.

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