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The three-day Marathon Songwriters Festival is set to kick off once again August 8-10 in Marathon at the Gage Hotel and its properties. This event is the creation of Drew Kennedy who heads up the songwriting talent, bringing “a celebration of song and story in Far West Texas.”

Last Thursday evening around 5:30 p.m., multiple agencies, including the Alpine Police Department, the Brewster County Sheriff’s Office, and the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department, were called to the scene of a vehicle fire on West Highway 90 around the intersection of FM 1703.

The Texas Department of Transportation has issued an alert for traffic traveling on SH 118 from the Jeff Davis County line to the north side of Avenue E in downtown Alpine. Construction crews will begin a surfacing and roadway rehabilitation program scheduled to begin on Monday, August 5.

Midland nonprofit, Permian Basin Gifts of Hope has decided to host a day for all cancer survivors to celebrate their journeys and has partnered with local Alpine business Scoops Coffee & Pastries to host a celebration event for cancer fighters, survivors, and their families.

The Alpine City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting last Tuesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers.

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Six months ago, the torch for the Brewster County Emergency Management (EMC) position exchanged hands. James Etchison, who was also recently named as the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department Chief took over the reins of the position from Stephanie Elmore.

What was once the cornerstone of the downtown Alpine business district now sits in charred ruins. The majority of the 100 block of West Holland Avenue, lost to the devastating fire on May 26 sits in question to its future.

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