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It sure seems that each day’s news cycle has increasingly become just a catalog of tribulations … or troubles, afflictions, hardships. From natural disasters to murders, civil conflicts, economic worries, societal strife, and beyond, the world offers us a daily – almost continuous – reminder of its darkness and brokenness.

Dear Neil, I have several nice houseplants growing in pots beneath large shade trees in my landscape. I’m planning to bring them indoors for the winter, but I’m seeing insects like water bugs, ants, and pill bugs around them. How can I ensure that I’m not bringing insects into my house with the plants?

Alpine Avalanche Photos from the Alpine Avalanche Archives at Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library and Portal of Texas. .

Send your community events to kara. gerbert@alpineavalanche.com October 8-10 ChinatiWeekend October 10 LoneStar Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tickets go on sale beginning today.

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Trio of judges to rule on congressional map The same plaintiffs who are challenging the state’s 2021 congressional map are asking a panel of three federal judges to block the use of the new GOPapproved districts in the March midterms. The Texas Tribune reported that this is the first legal test for the redrawn districts, which are intended to increase the number of Texas congressional seats held by Republicans by five.

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Landowners across West Texas are invited to attend a one-day workshop in Alpine on November 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., designed to help them navigate a rapidly changing landscape of land use opportunities.

The Big Bend Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas will hold a program on Saturday, October 25, in the AEP room of the Alpine Public Library at 1 p.m. Wizzy Brown, Senior Extension Program Specialist with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will present “Insects found on native plants in the Big Bend area.” She will discuss common insects and other arthropods found in the Alpine region, including butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, ants, true bugs, dragonflies, and damselfl ies.