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WEEK Meet Pip! Pip is an energetic, giant puppy with plenty of energy. He came to the shelter in early November of last year after being abandoned in a house with his brother.

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector received additional support from U.S. Department of Defense personnel to enhance border security operations and strengthen national security efforts last week.

Terlingua Fire and EMS sent multiple units along with collaboration from Alpine Rescue 1 at approximately 7 p.m. to a single vehicle roll-over accident on South Hwy 118 Friday night. The driver of the vehicle was trapped and had to be extricated from the vehicle. One patient was transported by Big Bend National Park Medic 1 to the hospital in stable condition, while the other victim was transported in critical condition by TFEMSAmbulance 5. No air medical assets were available due to the high winds.

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Texas farmers are voicing growing concerns about tariffs being enacted by President Trump adversely affecting their ability to sell agricultural goods overseas, the Houston Chronicle reported. Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening said the tariffs could be especially tough on younger farmers.

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Although he was searching for deer, a hunter at the O2 Ranch (a privately owned ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties) found something very different and a little puzzling. Could it be a mammoth tusk? In West Texas? “I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what he thought was a fossil,” says O2 Ranch Manager Will Juett.

Brewster County Commissioners Court met Tuesday, in the commissioners’ courtroom. Brewster County Judge Greg Henington presided, and all commissioners were present except Precinct 4 Commissioner Mo Morrow. The meeting covered a range of topics, including a proposed subdivision, tax collection concerns, and the upcoming annual dump day events in Terlingua and Marathon.

Earlier this year, local business owners and community members gathered for Alpine’s first-ever West Texas Community Building Summit. This summit featured guest speaker Doug Griffiths who introduced his book centered on the ways in which residents can kill their communities. After the initial gathering on Friday evening, the next morning yielded group gatherings, individualized under the headings of economic development, design, organization, and promotion. The ideas generated from these “bucket breakouts” have thus far yielded five different projects already underway.