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Back in June of this year, the Jeff Davis County Commissioners Court awarded a bid to El Paso construction firm Mayan SIP Manufacturing and Sales to construct a new fire and EMS bunkhouse.

On October 27, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas issued a press release stating that Patricio Javier Serrano of Marfa pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography and transportation of child pornography, along with aiding and abetting.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, an Alpine man, Timothy Rey Korteland, 19, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for the possession of child sexual abuse material.

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WEEK Alpine Humane Society Pet of the Week is Whiskey. Whiskey is a four-year-old Shepherd mix who loves to sit with people as much as he loves playing in the yard. This boy is happy to load up in a truck with no problem if you want to go on a cruise because he likes to feel the wind in his fur.

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