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Applications are currently being accepted for Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) grants from the City of Alpine for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Visitor events and other projects that draw overnight visits to the city are eligible for funding consideration, according to the requirements of state law.

The Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame was founded in 1975 by PRCA bull rider Johnny Boren. Its role is to preserve the history and heritage of the Texas rodeo cowboy all while promoting Texas rodeo and its future as well as rodeo outside the state.

The Alpine City Council met for its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, May 7. This meeting marked the ending of the current familiar council, as council members Judy Stokes of Ward 1, Chris Rodriguez of Ward 2, and Martin Sandate of Ward 4 said farewell due to their terms coming to a close.

Mary Bones has called the Big Bend region home for more than 30 years, having been a part of community organizations focused on the abundance of flora, fauna, and history that the Big Bend has to offer. And it was flora that led her to her last, and perhaps best-known achievement as Director of the Museum of the Big Bend (MoBB) from which she just retired after six years at the helm.

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HEAD OVER MEALS Recently, I was fortunate enough to take part in an event called The Sanderson Table. This unique, and one-of-a-kind experience only comes around every so often, thanks to Melanie Kaihani of Sanderson.

With the spring season comes spring cleaning, and if you are like me, you held off all and any yard work until the weather was just right; and this time has now come. After spending the evening hours out doing these dreaded tasks, I came in with mud on my shoes and one thing on my mind.

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Dear Neil: We get these red and black bugs on the new growth of our Texas mountain laurels each spring. What are they, and how can we eliminate them? These are red mountain laurel mirids (Lopidea major).

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