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In a silent battle against poverty-driven food insecurities, the Jeff Davis County Food Pantry has been facing the issue head-on by providing essential aid to the community. On April 20 the food pantry will host an open house for those interested in the organization and the work they are doing.

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Today and tomorrow, February 22-23, the City of Alpine and the Alpine Police Department will offer free CPR/AED training along with First Aid training with Narcan for community members interested. The training is being provided by Emergent Air. Although classes were being offered today and tomorrow, all morning sessions are full according to APD Chief of Police Darrell Losoya. Afternoon classes are still available from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. as of press time. Only one class is required for attendance. If interested in attending contact Alpine Chief of Police Darrell Losoya by email at losoya.police@cityofalpine. com and provide the time and date you wish to attend.

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Fort Davis State Bank has been serving the people of Fort Davis and the Big Bend area since 1911 and as a part of looking towards their future, they have announced they are rebranding as Maverick Bank.

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FIDDLER’S GREEN With the reorganization of the Army in 1866, 34 chaplains were authorized, 30 to be assigned specific posts, but four to be assigned specifically to the African American regiments, the 9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 24 and 25th Infantry. While their primary duties were to hold Sunday services, officiate at military funerals, and report on the morale of the troops, the four specifically assigned to the Buffalo Soldier regiments had the additional task of providing educational instruction to the troops.

Last month’s Water in the Desert conference, held on the campus of Sul Ross State University was a big success according to Dr. Louis Harveson, founder and director of the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI).

City locals driving through town recently may have noticed a little more traffic than usual and a few new faces behind cameras and sound equipment on East Holland Ave. Alpine was one of the locations in the area that was able to offer its natural and rural West Texas small-town scenery as a backdrop for the film crew shooting a movie aptly named Due West.

According to recent information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), a lizard species that was once thought to be on the verge of extinction, has been found to have several thriving populations across its historical range in the Edwards Plateau region of Central and West Texas.