September 2026

On Saturday, October 10, visitors are invited to join park rangers for a free event featuring lanternlight tours and reenacted scenes portraying daily life at Fort Davis. On this special night, eight one-hour lantern tours will be offered beginning at 6:40 p.m.

Send your community events to kara.gerbert@ alpineavalanche.com UPCOMING EVENTS October 3 Our Lady of Peace Festival October 9-11 Chinati Weekend in Marfa October 10 Sunshine House Wild West Night October 11 First Baptist Church Fall Festival October 9-12 Octane Fest November 13 Brewster-Jeff Davis...

Voter registration deadline nearing The deadline to register to vote in the November 3 general election is October 5. Early voting starts October 19 and runs through October 30, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office.

Thirty students at Sul Ross State University have been selected to receive a record $283,000 in scholarships from a variety of sources through the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI).

The Big Bend Bluegrass Association is proud to celebrate a major milestone with the 5th Anniversary of the Annual Big Bend Bluegrass Festival, taking place Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Alpine Civic Center in Alpine.

Alpine opened district play Saturday with a five-set thriller on the road against Presidio, coming within two points of taking an important early district victory.

Alpine fell to 1-3 Friday night with a 3414 road loss to Kermit in a game controlled largely by the Yellow Jackets’ rushing attack. The Bucks and Yellow Jackets both scored on their opening drives, but Kermit gradually took control by consistently producing positive yardage on first and second down.

The dust has settled at Cisco College, as the Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team completed their first rodeo of the fall season in Abilene the weekend of September 1012. After weeks of strong practice and skill-building, the men’s team placed fifth, and the women’s team tied for third with Cisco.

Dear Neil, I fear that we are in danger of losing our 15-yearold grafted maple tree. The bark is splitting off one side of the trunk and one branch. Can you figure out what might have caused this? What can we do to save it?

From the New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen comes a murder mystery mingled with dark humor. Welcome to South Florida, where the sun is hot, the tourists plentiful, and life is about to get very strange.