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Wildfire prevention

Texas A&M Forest Service is working to spread wildfire prevention messaging across Texas. Some parts of Texas have recently received some winter precipitation. While any type of precipitation can reduce wildfire danger temporarily, areas with limited rain or snow fall will become dry again soon.
Wildfi re prevention

Alpine driver crashes

In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, Alpine resident Brady Wilkins, 42, was killed in a single vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 67 about eight miles west of Alpine. Wilkins lost control of the 2016 Mazda Miata, and crashed head on into a rock wall.

The other bean dip

There are sure to be people out there who do not know what I mean when I say the other bean dip. Well, I am talking about hummus. One might think that hummus has nothing to do with beans, but it is in fact made from garbanzo beans.
The other bean dip

Big Bend photography open

The Marfa Studio of Arts will hold a photography exhibition open to all residents of the Big Bend. Anyone may submit up to three works of any photograph medium including conventional, digital, polaroid, or alternative photographic techniques.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT Kathryn Jahn

What are you especially looking forward to in your senior year? One of the things I’m looking forward to the most is my senior prom with my friends. What activities are you involved in during your senior year?
Kathryn Jahn

Conservancy celebrates 25th anniversary

Big Bend National Park has always drawn visitors from all generations and from all over who seek to enjoy its rich biological and geological diversity, along with the natural beauty and historic preservation that keeps them coming back year after year.
Loren Riemer

West Texas Safari Club donates to scholarship endowment

The West Texas Chapter of Safari Club International has made a $5,000 donation to support an endowed scholarship at the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University. The endowment was set up by the West Texas chapter in 2014, and has been supporting students ever since.
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