Agents intercept tractor trailer smuggling scheme
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U.S. Border Patrol agents conducting traffic check operations at the I-10 immigration checkpoint in Sierra Blanca interdicted a tractor trailer smuggling scheme.
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Heard on the STREET
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Alex Hucke, Alpine: A dishwasher, because I don’t like doing it myself. Angel Miranda, Alpine: My air conditioner.
Rock Slides
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Send your community events to editor@alpineavalanche.com. UPCOMING EVENTS Sept.
PET OF THE WEEK
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Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Kenai, a black and white male kitten born in late April 2021. He has spent a bit of time at the shelter and is ready for his home. He came into the shelter with his siblings, and they have grown up here.
Preview party at Museum of the Big Bend
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At Museum of the Big Bend on Sept. 16, Brewster County Commissioner, Pct. 1, Jim Westermann and West Texas National Bank Regional President Dave Rogers visit at the Trappings of Texas preview party. Trappings features a showcase of contemporary art and custom cowboy gear, and has been celebrating the cowboy artist for 35 years. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT Kylie Garcia
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What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? What I am especially looking forward to in my senior year is graduating and playing sports. What activities are you involved in during your senior year? Some activities I am involved in would include National Honor Society, and I am in active in art, volleyball, cross country, track and field, and tennis.
Museum of the Big Bend Director Mary Bones
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Museum of the Big Bend Director Mary Bones visits with Robert and Sherry Colburn of Fredericksburg at the Sept. 16 Trappings of Texas preview party. Visitors came from far and wide to view and purchase art and custom gear celebrating the cowboy. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich
Flooding feedback needed from across West Texas
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Those who live in West Texas and have experienced flooding at their home or business should contact the Upper Rio Grande Regional Flood Planning Group. As part of the Texas Water Development Board’s statewide flood planning process, the Rio Grande Council of Governments has sponsored the Flood Planning Group to ensure West Texans from across the 23-county area have a voice in helping the state prioritize flood control projects.
