May 2026

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 28-31 TRV Music Fest, Fort Davis June 5-6 Smoke in the Mountains BBQ and Ribeye Cookoff June 17 Yucca Rope Program, 2 p.m. at Alpine Public Library, presented by Big Bend Ranch State Park for ages 5-12.

BLUE RIBBON APPLE PIE

2/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 (14.1-ounce) package of refrigerated pie dough Cooking spray 6 cups (¼ inch thick) slices Empire apple (two pounds) 1 large egg, beaten 1 tablespoon water Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Baseball, hot dogs, and grandma’s apple pie

As summer approaches, it comes time for baseball, hot dogs, and, of course, Apple pie. Not just any apple pie, but award-winning apple pie courtesy of a lady named Grandma Brunet. Her daughter-inlaw entered this pie in the LaFayette Apple Festival in New York and won a blue ribbon.
Baseball, hot dogs, and grandma’s

City downgrades water restrictions

In a press release sent out by the City of Alpine last Friday afternoon, they announced that while anyone on city water was still under Stage 4 water restrictions, they had received a conditional approval letter related to the drilling of the new Roberts #3 well.