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What is some advice that you can give your younger self?

Harrison Vance: To not rush your life. I was so focused on the next thing, the next item on the “life checklist” that I felt like years slipped by in a blink. So, don’t rush toward the finish line because it comes to you.

LJane Thomas:

That it’s okay to be selective with the people that you let into your life. Welcoming everyone makes you feel like a good person, but after a while, you realize that they can really affect your direction, mental health, and happiness.

The Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend (FCCBB) in conjunction with the Big Bend Community Action Committee (BBCAC) and West Texas Opportunities (WTO) has been working towards taking over the operation of the TRAX transportation program formerly run by BBCAC.

The Tri-County Voter Promoters have released the dates and locations for their voter registration promotion in the Big Bend area. Today, February 1 from 11 a.m.

Two Alpine firefi ghters recently completed their certifications at the Texas Public Safety Training Academy for both Firefi ghter1 and Firefighter2 as well as a HazMat program. Both Shelby Green (FF/Chaplain) and Jacob Goodman (FF) were students at Sul Ross and answered emergency calls in the area. Pictured are Assistant Chief Charles Worden, Green, Goodman, and AVFD Chief Andrew Pierce.

The Sul Ross State University Rodeo Team in conjunction with the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering is extending an invitation to all high school juniors and seniors and all junior college transfers to compete in a scholarship rodeo to be held February 14 at 6 p.m. This rodeo will take place at the Sul Ross SALE Arena and it will consist of all the 10 standard National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association events.

Late last year, Sul Ross State University announced the creation of a new scholarship called the Presidential Plus Scholarship. This full-ride scholarship is aimed at area high school students from the high schools in the school districts of Alpine and the Big Bend and Permian Basin area.

The Museum of the Big Bend (MoBB), located on the campus of Sul Ross State University has been nominated by USA Today as 2024’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice travel awards in the Best Smalltown Museum category.

The Alpine Fightin’ Buck boys golf team will hit the road today for their first tournament of the season in Monahans. While the girls’ team has five players this season, four of them are still on the basketball court, and Coach Marco Gomez hopes to have a full girls’ team this year.