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Body On Saturday, May 14, Brewster County will hold a cleanup day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Alpine landfill on U.S. Highway 90, the old landfill site on Albert Road in Marathon, and the Road and Bridge yard on FM 170 in Terlingua.

Body Walter Kuykendall, program manager for Emergent Air, joins Emergent Air President Lee King, Brewster County EMC Stephanie Elmore, County Sheriff Ronny Dodson, Alpine Mayor Andy Ramos, Terlingua EMS President Greg Henington, City Manager Megan Antrim, and County Judge Eleazar Cano...

Body May 12, 1988 1988 Alpine Junior High School State History Fair qualifiers are, back row, Jon Tabor, Eli Burford, Tim Davis, Neville Haynes, David Hilton, and Jamie Nelson; front row, Shannon Morrow, Mike Hobson, Brenda Acosta, Brodie Hatcher, and Bonnie Lister.

Body Dear Neil: What is the best way to rid my beds of wild dewberries? Their thorns are tearing my flesh off. We live in a rural area, and I have wild dewberries (trailing blackberries) in my ground cover beds as well.

Body With summer just around the corner, the home gardeners will be sporting dirty knees and leaving behind muddy footprints. Growing your own vegetables has witnessed a resurgence, what with increased produce prices that has led to challenges in commercial farming.

Body The Paisano Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution presented DAR Good Citizen Awards to seniors from six area high schools at an awards ceremony on May 1 held at First Presbyterian Church of Alpine.

Body Members of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church’s Danza Matachines held a taco sale on April 22 during the City of Alpine’s annual Earth Day celebration held at Kokernot Park. The group sold out of the Tex-Mex inspired food, as attendees enjoyed the Earth Day festivities at the park.

Body It is Cinco de Mayo today, and colorful and festive celebrations of Mexican-American culture and heritage will be rampant in Alpine this weekend.

Body Early voting for the City of Alpine, Alpine ISD Board of Trustees, and two proposed Texas constitutional amendments is over, but voters can still go the polls on Saturday, May 7.

Body A mounted color guard leads the way for Alpine’s Cinco de Mayo parade through downtown on Holland Avenue on May 4, 2019. This popular celebration returns to Alpine on May 7 after a two-year hiatus. Avalanche photo by Gail Diane Yovanovich