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The Alpine Fightin’ Bucks middle school football teams had mixed outcomes in their games against the Sonora Broncos on Thursday, September 19, in Sonora. The 7th-grade team continued their dominant season with a hardfought victory, while the 8th-grade squad struggled against a strong Sonora team.

Holy Anglican Church, Alpine We have been studying the book of Exodus during Sunday School over the past few months. A few weeks back, we had just completed the section about the 10th and final plague—the death of the firstborn.

It’s time to grab your favorite bread and cheese and hit the kitchen. If you were to take a poll, I imagine that very few people would tell you they dislike a grilled cheese sandwich.

Alpine Avalanche.

Dear Neil, for the first time, My St. Augustine appears to have dove weed in it.

Dual-credit and transfer students are driving an enrollment surge at Sul Ross State University’s Alpine campus this fall. Total enrollment in Alpine is 1,934 compared to 1,481 in Fall 2023, an increase of over 30%, based on data that will be reported to legislators and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Student enrollment numbers are declining statewide, and our local school district is no exception. As of the end of the first six weeks of this school year, the district’s total enrollment is 892 students, which is a decrease of two students from last year’s end-of-year total.

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The Big Bend Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas will host a program on Saturday, October 5. We will be going on a field trip to Marfa to view the landscaping at two of our member residences.

His name was Gouverneur Kemble Warren, quite a moniker with which to go through life. He was born in Cold Spring, New York, across the Hudson River from West Point, where he graduated second in his class in 1850.