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PET OF THE WEEK

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WEEK Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Luna. Luna enjoys love and attention along with walks, exercise, and playtime. She is a little sassy, but it’s part of her charm. She would like a good playmate to run and wrestle with. She is loving and outgoing. Come meet this cutie pie at the Alpine Animal Shelter. Plan your Lent dinner with our fundraiser for the Alpine Humane Society. A cheese enchilada plate with rice, beans, and salad, on Friday, March 22, at the American Legion will be served. Come early, limited quantities are available from 5 p.m. until sold out. Stay tuned for details on our upcoming fundraiser on April 6, Messages from the Rainbow Bridge, Sara Cash, social worker, grief therapist, and reiki practitioner will use her mediumship gifts to relay messages of love and healing from our departed pets for a select group of participants. Call 432-837-2532 to donate, foster and volunteer. Pet promotions are courtesy of the Alpine Humane Society. Alpine Animal Services handles pet adoptions at the city shelter, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday at 2900 E. Old Marathon Highway. For information about shelter pet adoptions, cremation services, or lost/found pets, call the Shelter at 432-837-9030.
PET OF THE WEEK

Far West Texas landowner seminar to take place in April

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A seminar for West Texas landowners will be conducted on Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the conference room at Big Bend Telephone. This seminar is being offered by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and lunch will be provided by Capital Farm Credit.

Locals arrested for possession of fentanyl, meth

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Alpine locals Willie Ben Lara, III, Michael Espinosa, and Emily Medley of Fort Davis were recently arrested and taken into custody in Hudspeth County with approximately 8,500 potentially lethal doses of fentanyl along with methamphetamine that was destined for Alpine according to the Alpine Police Department. The three were taken into custody through the collaborative efforts and investigations initiated by the Alpine Police Department, Brewster County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public S a f e t y , Homeland Security Investigations, and the Drug Enforcement
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