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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.

The largest fundraiser of the year for the Alpine Humane Society is just a few weeks away, scheduled for Saturday, October 25, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Big Bend Regional Hospital District’s (BBRHD) Executive Director, Lynette Brehm, released the findings from the formal investigation she submitted to Assured Imaging after the district received multiple complaints from patients and providers about mammogram results.

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The Brewster County Commissioners, along with the Alpine City Council, held a joint special meeting workshop on Tuesday in the commissioner’s courtroom at the Brewster County Courthouse. Alpine City Mayor Catherine Eaves and Brewster County Judge Greg Henington jointly led the workshop.

We live in a very fearful culture, and in our fear, we search for an explanation. Why am I afraid? Why is the world so frightening? Who or what is responsible for my insecurity? These questions create the perfect conditions for politicians, media personalities, and even religious leaders to amass followers by explaining who is to blame for our fear. The easiest answer is, “Those people.” We identify a group that is different from our own and blame them for our troubles. “If those people” — we are told — “would just leave, change, or stay in the shadows, then everything would be better.”

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