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This year’s Tornillo Coyotes have a new coach in Luis Vega, but basketball fans who thought the Coyotes might be down this season because of it have been in for a rude awakening. The Coyotes visited Alpine on Jan.6 and became the favorite for the District 4-3A title with a 91-43 win over the Alpine Bucks.

It was a historic day for Julian Paredes. Entering the contest against East Texas Baptist, Paredes was just 20 points away from joining the 1,000-point club.

In the Jan. 5 edition, the front page article titled “Its’stock show time again,” the abbreviation for the Big Bend Livestock Show Association should have read BBLSA instead of BBSLA as was printed.

Texas A & M Agrilife Extension in cooperation with Sul Ross’ Range Animal Science Center held its first, of a three-part seminar titled Big Bend Beef 706. This program is funded by the Texas Beef Council and the first session, held this past Saturday, saw around 40 area beef producers attend.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on a draft revised recovery plan for the Mexican long-nosed bat, an endangered migratory bat that travels annually between Mexico and the Southwestern United States to follow the blooming period of flowering agaves and cacti.

The Sul Ross State University Alpine campus released the Fall 2022 Dean’s List in an announcement from the Office of Registration and Records, with several students from Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa, and Presidio making the list.

WEEK Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Lilliana. Lilliana is just a year old but a gentle, old soul who walks very well on a leash. She’s equally attentive to her environment as well as to her human companion.

Jan. 12 WTex Talks, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Granada Theater ‘Cycles and Seasons of Health’ with Mary Powers Jan. 21 Living with Black Bear in West Texas, 9: 3011:30 a.m. at The Bunkhouse at Bad Rabbit Café, Terlingua Ranch and 2-4 p.m. at the J.W. “Red” Patillo Community Center in Study Butte. Seminar hosted by Borderlands Research Institute and Texas Parks and Wildlife.