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Four AHS sluggers named to First-team All-District

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Four of this year’s Alpine Fightin’ Buck varsity baseball team have been named First-team All-District players. Along with these four outstanding athletes, two other Bucks were named to the Second-team All-District along with the district 4-3A offensive MVP and an honorable mention.
Four AHS sluggers named to First-team All-District

City Council says goodbye to three members

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The Alpine City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 7. This meeting marked the ending of the current familiar council, as council members Judy Stokes of Ward 1, Chris Rodriguez of Ward 2, and Martin Sandate of Ward 4 said farewell due to their terms coming to a close.
The Alpine City Council’s last meeting with current members on Tuesday. Photo by Joh Covington

Looking back on a fortunate career

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Mary Bones has called the Big Bend region home for more than 30 years, having been a part of community organizations focused on the abundance of flora, fauna, and history that the Big Bend has to offer. And it was flora that led her to her last, and perhaps best-known achievement as Director of the Museum of the Big Bend (MoBB) from which she just retired after six years at the helm.
Mary Bones Courtesy photo