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Alpine FFA raises money for flood victims

11 months ago By News Staff

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Students from the Alpine FFA held in-person gift card donation drives at two of Alpine’s Dollar General stores last Friday. The students raised $1,245 to purchase gift cards from Home Depot, Lowe’s (hardware store), and Visa and Mastercard gift cards. Gift cards will be donated to FFA chapters in the Hill Country for distribution to communities impacted by the flooding. Courtesy photo

Alpine Community Projects (ACP) will be holding their first beautifi cation project at their new location at 205 E. Sul Ross Avenue on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. This is a comeand go event, with coffee and donuts. Anyone interested in helping clear the yard of weeds should bring gloves and yard equipment such as rakes and hoes. ACP is also requesting cardboard boxes and stacks of newspapers. Anyone with a pickup who is willing to get mulch from the recycling center that day should contact Kirsten Moody at kirsten@alpinecom munityprojects.org.

Texas Capital Highlights

11 months ago By Kerr County Death Toll Tops 100, With 161 Still Missing

Search teams have recovered 103 bodies in Kerr County after the devastating July 4 floods along the Guadalupe River, with Gov. Greg Abbott saying at least 161 people were still unaccounted for.

Jeff Davis County dedicates new health clinic

11 months ago By Kara Gerbert Managing Editor

On Friday, Jeff Davis County Judge Curtis Evans welcomed members of the community, along with health professionals from the Texas A&M Health College of Medicine and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, to celebrate the grand opening of the new Davis Mountains Clinic in Fort Davis.

Jeff Davis County officials, along with members of the Texas A&M Health College of Medicine and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, were on hand to dedicate and celebrate the opening of the new Davis Mountains Clinic on Friday in Fort Davis. Photo by Carolyn Nored Miller

4th of July at Kokernot:

11 months ago By Tristian Barragan Sports Contributor

The Alpine Cowboys faced a rollercoaster week of baseball as they battled through back-to-back series against the Pecos Bills and the Garden City Wind during a festive and competitive Fourth of July stretch. The week began with back-to-back losses to the Pecos Bills.

The Alpine Cowboys pose with First Responders in a recent home game at Kokernot Field. Courtesy photo

From fireworks to first downs

11 months ago By Kerry Laird Sports Editor

As the final fireworks faded from last week’s Fourth of July celebrations, the Alpine Fightin’ Bucks turned their focus to a different kind of spark—igniting their push toward the 2025 football season. For the Alpine Bucks, it’s halftime in the offseason, and every rep, sprint, and film session now takes on added urgency as the countdown to kickoff begins.

Alpine Fightin’ Bucks run out of the tunnel after half-time.

Far West Guitars: A musician’s nirvana

11 months ago By Kara Gerbert Managing Editor

Long before electricity and amplifiers, people made music with whatever they had: hollow logs, stretched skins, bones. From those raw beginnings came centuries of innovation, leading to the instruments we know today. Among them, the guitar has carved out a unique place, inspiring musicians and building connections and relationships across generations. Those connections at one local shop are the heart of the business.