Terlingua Home Tour photos to be posted here soon

The Big Bend Gazette — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:28:13 +0000

Please check back in mid-February for a slew of color photos from this year’s annual Terlingua Home Tour. Thanks!

-Marlys Hersey, Editor

Our FEBRUARY 2012 issue is out!

The Big Bend Gazette — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:17:57 +0000

Look for it at fine vendors throughout West Texas, from Fort Stockton to Lajitas, and inserted into The Monahans News!

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New Alpine Public Library opening is imminent

The Big Bend Gazette — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:40:54 +0000

ALPINE–Most everyone sees the activity going on at the new Alpine Public Library building, and we all want to know: “When is it going to open?”

“We’d like to thank everyone for their patience as the final details come into place,” said Alpine Public Library Board President Chris Ruggia. “At this point we expect to [...]

Happenings around the region in February

The Big Bend Gazette — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:46:51 +0000

• First Friday February 3 Concert salutes Love in the month of February “Hooray for Love” is the theme of the First Friday concert at 6 pm on February 3 at St. James’ Episcopal Church in Alpine.

Laura Ashley Anderson, soprano, and Lana Cartlidge Potts, piano, will explore the many faces of love with songs [...]

Major drug bust in Alpine today; Interagency cooperative effort results in 19 arrests, 22 indictments

The Big Bend Gazette — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:39:24 +0000

by Paige Phelps

Over several hours in groups of twos and threes shackled in chain link, defendants in a massive Big Bend interagency cocaine takedown were escorted into the Alpine Federal Courthouse to hear the counts read against them by U.S. Magistrate Judge Dwight Goains.

Nineteen Alpine residents, three whom were still on the run [...]

Arbor Day tree planting at Alpine Animal Shelter Alpine, this Saturday, Jan. 28

The Big Bend Gazette — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:31:14 +0000

Everyone is encouraged to participate in an Arbor Day tree-planting at the Alpine Animal Shelter on Saturday, January 28th. Learn how to plant small trees, install drip irrigation to keep them watered, and build wire cages to protect them from deer and other critters. We will be planting evergreen trees on the northwest side of [...]

Big Bend Mission Dec. 2 Food Pantry Benefit a BIG success!

The Big Bend Gazette — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:43:52 +0000

Members of the Big Bend Episcopal Mission, the Food Pantry of Alpine, The Crisis Center of Terlingua and the Big Bend Chamber Music Consort celebrate after the Dec. 2 concert to benefit the food pantries in Brewster County. The goal was to raise enough money to provide 5,000 meals. With the help of the benefit, [...]

Our December issue is out!

The Big Bend Gazette — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Look for it at fine vendors throughout West Texas, from Fort Stockton to Lajitas–and we’re inserted into The Monahans News!

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Thanks for your interest, enthusiasm, ideas.

Boquillas Crossing gets legal green light; facility to cost $3.7 million

The Big Bend Gazette — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:29:16 +0000

By John Waters, Publisher

The Department of Homeland Security has completed the necessary legal rulemaking process to make the imminent Boquillas border crossing legal.
Highlights of the Boquillas document include:
The new crossing facility will cost $3.7 million to construct.
The National Park Service estimates 15,000 to 20,000 visitors will use the [...]

Salazar heralds continued environmental cooperation with Mexico

The Big Bend Gazette — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:59:25 +0000

By John Waters, Publisher

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief Michael Fisher, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne, Mexican Environmental and Natural Resources Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira Quessada, visited Big Bend National Park on October 24 to celebrate binational environmental cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico, and to break [...]