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The Alpine Emergency Services Board (AESB) met last Wednesday for its regular meeting. The meeting was presided over by Chairman Rusty Moore, and directors Albert Benitez and Mark Rose were unable to attend.

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The Big Bend Chamber of Commerce (BBCC) met on Thursday, September 11, to elect new officers for the board, hold its annual membership meeting, and wrap up business for the fiscal year. At the beginning of the meeting, the interim president, Katheran Crawford, announced to the board and audience that there were no written minutes available for the July meeting.

In today’s world, many roads are offered as pathways to peace, fulfillment, or eternal life. Some claim that all religions eventually lead to the same destination. Yet the New Testament speaks with unmistakable clarity: there is only one way to God, and His name is Jesus Christ.

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Dear Neil, I noticed this on the trunk of a very mature live oak. Is this tree in trouble? What should I do? This looks like a fungal conk.

Alpine Avalanche S______ _._ B__ B__ __ D____ M _______ C _____ Photos from the Alpine Avalanche Archives at Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library and Portal of Texas. .

BRI PhD candidate Caitlin Camp-Pappas shared some new information from her work on the Trans-Boundary Black Bear project in Del Rio this past weekend at the first-ever Southwest Texas Land and Wildlife Summit.

Ms. Rodriguez’s second-grade class at Alpine Elementary explored how chocolate can change from a solid to a liquid when it melts, and then back to a solid when cooled.