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My favorite recipes of 2024

Body BLACKBERRY CAKE INGREDIENTS: For the Cake: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup buttermilk, at...
Creamy White Lasagna with Portobello Mushrooms

Cedar pollen is the likely allergy culprit

Body Dear Neil, My wife and I are having discussions about whether I should remove a native cedar tree from our landscape. She tests positive for allergies to cedar pollen, and this time of year, her miseries begin for a couple of months.
Cedar pollen is the likely allergy culprit

Business destroyed by fire

Body Flames completely engulf Judy’s Bread and Breakfast and Eva’s Salon as well as a portion of Vintage Antiques and Snazzy Things in this photo from Sunday’s devastating fire. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pittinger .
Business destroyed by fire

Marathon ISD student speaks at Smithsonian

Body Marathon ISD student speaks at Smithsonian Marathon’s Keller Barlow set about the task of competing in the Regional History Fair at Sul Ross with boundless enthusiasm, never realizing where it all would end. According to Marathon ISD superintendent Dr.
Keller Barlow, a student from Marathon was recently invited to speak and present his History Fair project at the National History Museum of American History. Barlow is pictured here in Washington, D.C. where he participated in the National History Fair. Courtesy photo

After the ashes: Ivey looks to the future

Body What was once the cornerstone of the downtown Alpine business district now sits in charred ruins. The majority of the 100 block of West Holland Avenue, lost to the devastating fire on May 26 sits in question to its future.

Alpine sees series of overdoses

Body In the last few weeks, Alpine has seen three drug overdoses resulting in two deaths. The first overdose occurred at the Uncle’s truck stop and the other two occurred at a local residence.
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