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Sul Ross State University will hold its’ Hall of Honor inductee ceremony on Saturday, March 25. Three local boosters, graduates, and distinguished alumni are to be honored.

In most instances, a lemony pasta dish works better in the spring or summer, but this creamy linguine with lemon and chicken is hearty enough to satisfy any time of the year. It is also a decadent and sexy dish and resembles something one might find in a fine dining establishment.

The candidates running in the May 6 election for Alpine city council and the Alpine ISD school board have been announced. Candidates vying for city council positions include City Council Member Ward 1, Judy Stokes-unopposed, City Council Member Ward 3, Darin Nance-unopposed, and City Council Member Ward 5, Jerry Johnson who is the incumbent against challenger Rick Stephens.

The Brewster County Commissioner’s Court held their regularly scheduled meeting Feb. 14 in council chambers, Commissioner Sara Colando, Pct. 2 and Commissioner William ‘Mo’ Morrow, Pct. 4 were absent. Of note on the agenda was an ask by the 83rd District Attorney’s office and an abundance of road work done by the Road and Bridge department.

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The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held their regular meeting last Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the AISD Administration Building. Of importance on the agenda were updates from Parkhill and Imperial on the ongoing construction at Alpine High School.

Heading into Tuesday’s regular-season finale at Odessa Compass Academy, the Alpine Bucks had won seven of their last eight games and secured second place in District 4-3A behind Tornillo who, at 29-1 overall, rolled to the district championship and is poised to make a deep playoff run. But the Bucks are a very different team than they were at the beginning of district play – the team is at full strength with key players recovering from early injuries – giving the Bucks just the boost they need at just the right time.

The 2023 edition of the Alpine Lady Bucks have a lot of questions to answer. Since the Lady Bucks finished the 2022 season with a 14-2 loss to Littlefield last April 28, Alpine has a welcomed a new coach to school – Chris Virdell – and Virdell has not only led a month’s worth of practices while coaching the Lady Bucks basketball team to the playoffs this week but has only seen his softball team play in a full game situation against an opponent other than themselves.