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How are you having fun for Halloween? .

Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Meg. Meg is a Rottweiler mix, about one year old.

“Ten in Texas,” an ode to the grit of West Texas women, will screen at the Granada Theatre on Sunday, November 5. Sales of the tickets benefit the Museum of the Big Bend Education Fund. Director Twila LaBar tells the story of what happens when a deadly virus spreads throughout Boquillas, Mexico, and 10 West Texas women ranchers’ mastermind a plan to help their neighbors in need.

The H. Joaquin Jackson Law Enforcement Academy at Sul Ross State University is accepting applicants to the Class of 2024, which starts January 8. The academy, housed in the College of Education and Professional Studies, provides two types of training programs. A basic police academy is conducted annually and exceeds the requirements of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) 736-hour Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC).

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Alpine Avalanche.

Dear Neil: This oak tree is located on our church property. Is the old bark falling off due to its age, or is there a disease? Good question.

In the third quarter, Compass kicked off to Alpine. The Bucks met the Odessa teams 12 points after Iden Lujan scored with a sevenyard rushing touchdown and an extra point after the touchdown from Walt Urbanczyk.

“Chasing the Panther: Adventures and Misadventures of a Cinematic Life” by Carolyn Pfeiffer and Gregory Collins is a memoir that takes readers on a captivating journey through the world of European cinema, filled with glamour, grit, and unscripted adventures. The title came from Pfeiff er’s time in Europe when a then fiancé said to Carolyn: “Art is like a panther … sometimes if you get too close… it puts its claws in you and it doesn’t let go.”