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From the New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen comes a murder mystery mingled with dark humor. Welcome to South Florida, where the sun is hot, the tourists plentiful, and life is about to get very strange.

When I was discerning a call to the ordained ministry, I reached out to our parish priest in Virginia. I asked him for his counsel about proceeding and, after a while, he said to me, “That’s an important part of ordained ministry because you won’t grow rich doing it.”

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Marathon senior Kaden Lees and Marfa junior Alyssa Harden turned in two of the top individual performances for Big Bend runners as area cross country programs competed in Marfa, while Alpine added another girls’ team championship.

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The Brewster County Commissioners held their regular meeting on Tuesday, September 22, at 9:30 a.m. The meeting was presided over by Brewster County Judge Greg Henington, and Precinct 4 Commissioner Mo Morrow was absent.

A familiar name to the residents of West Texas is Blue Origin, the space exploration and aeronautics company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. Although headquartered in Kent, Washington, Blue Origin has a launch pad just outside Van Horn, and the company has recently been awarded a contract with NASA.

B irthday Hubble see on your birthday? This example of a bipolar planetary nebula, known as PN Hb 12 or Hubble 12, resides in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Alpine Avalanche Serving the Big Bend and Davis Mountains Country EST 1891.

There are two restaurants that make Austin traffic worth enduring for me. Whenever I find myself in the capital city, I try to make time for both. One is Fonda San Miguel. The other is The Clay Pit, which I’ll save for next week.