October 2026

In last week’s Senior Spotlight, Analia Adame’s response to what her plans are after high school was printed incorrectly. Her answer should have been as follows: “After high school, I plan on attending college to become a NICU nurse.

The Border Archives Bazaar, a free, fun, educational event that brings visitors face-to-face with fascinating historical materials from across the Borderland, is this Saturday, October 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Sul Ross State University’s Espino Conference Center in Alpine.

Send your community events to kara.gerbert@alpineavalanche. com UPCOMING EVENTS 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 October 16-17 Terlingua Bike Weekend November 13 Brewster-Jeff Davis...

Paxton, Talarico spar over gas taxes, diesel prices U.S. Senate candidates Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee, and Democratic nominee James Talarico traded jabs last week over rising gas and diesel prices, The Texas Tribune reported.

There is something about the first cool days of fall in West Texas that makes me want to cook outside and if you are like me, an avid College Football watcher, nothing beats Saturday morning prepping food for the day outside, College Game Day on the TV and the smell of the smoker cranking up.

Alpine Avalanche.

At the center of the image sits the large galaxy named Hercules A, which harbors a supermassive black hole more than a thousand times as massive as the one in our own Milky Way galaxy. Thanks to radio observations, large jets are seen shooting away from the galaxy’s core.

Faced with a reading obsession? Love traveling with an e-reader because the entire library can go along for the trip?

What is water? Many would say that water is life, and they’re not wrong. But if we dig a bit deeper, we find that water, for all its simplicity in our minds, is, in fact, quite extreme.

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