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After many weeks of meetings and discussions, Brewster County commissioners and City of Alpine council members separately chose Emergent Air of El Paso as their 911 service provider. With an April 30 deadline looming, a contract still needs to be negotiated and set in place before service can begin.

Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Knights of Columbus in Alpine held their annual Friday night Lenten fish fry on March 11 at the Parish Hall. Here Knights members Carlos Rodriguez, Bucho Garcia, Mark Padilla, Jeff Castillo, Joe Waggoner, and Eligio Rivas pause for a photo as they prepared delicious fried fish with all the fixings. The take out-only fish fry was a big success, and helped further the Knights’ goal of raising funds for charitable causes in the community. Avalanche photo by Roxanne Hill

March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the contributions of women in all aspects of society, and Sul Ross State University will be sharing that across a variety of fields on Friday, March 25, for the First Annual Women’s Conference.

Baseball Mar. 15 ................Monahans @ Monahans Golf Mar.

Golden barrel cactus, Mammillaria plumosa, red yucca, sotol, Queen Victoria agave, and other species have arrived at the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute in preparation for the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center Cactus and Succulent Sale.

A new Center for Land Stewardship and Stakeholder Engagement has been established at the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University. The new center will facilitate conservation efforts in Far West Texas by providing technical resources for landowners, energy developers, community members, and conservation partners.

In Alpine on March 1, Robinson Mendoza-Gomez, 21, a Guatemalan citizen, pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer. According to court documents, on Dec.

Susan Rayburn, Alpine: I would prefer that we adopt standard time year round. It makes more sense, in my opinion.

March 22, 1990 Ted Cooley atop “Cowboy” barrels out of the shoot at a rodeo in Anson. Cooley, who transferred to SRSU from Western Texas College, has been riding bulls for over half of his life.

Dear Neil: We lost a lacebark elm to what I believe might have been Texas root rot. It died in a matter of days. Its leaves remained attached, and there was a mass of white fungal growth around the roots. The prior homeowner had replaced a Shumard red oak that must have died of the same disease. What would be a good replacement that would not be susceptible?