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Last month we celebrated Mother’s Day, and this month we will celebrate Father’s Day. Most of us first experienced love in the arms of our mothers and fathers. The effect of a parent’s love on the growing child cannot be overestimated.

Big Bend Regional Hospital District was recently awarded a $5.5 million dollar Emergency Rural Health Care grant from the USDA to increase access to health care in the City of Presidio and Terlingua communities. The goal is to advance solutions and support the longterm sustainability of rural health care. It is anticipated that only 15 grants will be awarded nationwide.

On May 25 Big Bend Area Law Enforcement held its annual memorial honoring those West Texas officers fallen in the line of duty. Here, the symbolic riderless horse is led to the ceremony. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich

On April 29, 2022, Charles Young, the third African American to graduate from West Point, was posthumously promoted to Brigadier-General in the U.S. Army, dating to 1922. This made him the first African American to achieve that rank. It was not until 1940 that another black officer, Benjamin Davis, Sr., achieved that rank.

Marathon Chamber of Commerce met for its quarterly meeting May 18 on the patio of the French Company Grocer in Marathon. New board members were welcomed - Melee Hernandez as incoming treasurer and Shawna Graves as interim secretary, along with new social media coordinator Stephanie Winston.

Rain showers on opening night of the threeday Spirits of the West Beef and Wine Festival did not dampen the spirits of attendees. The event featured live music, locally produced beef, wine, beer, and spirits on Sixth Street in Alpine. Photo by Shawna Graves

It was spring 1882 when the first legal business transaction was made to establish what is now known as Alpine, Texas. The Murphy brothers owned a good stretch of the creek that served as the main watering hole for passing cattlemen. But progress was coming.

Desiree Pena, Alpine: My travel plans for this summer are helping my daughter move to San Antonio for college. That alone is a trip in itself! Ryan Elmore, Alpine: No plans - gas is too high.

JUNE 11 o6 Cowboys Home Run 5k and 10k, 9 a.m. at Kokernot Field.

Twenty-six years ago a documentary premiered at South by Southwest that showed what it was like to be on the set of the Warner Bros. classic “Giant” with James Dean, Liz Taylor, and Rock Hudson in Marfa. That summer of 1955 went on to inspire a stage play, a film, and a TV series.