Alpine’s four candidates for mayor recently sat down with Dallas Baxter to discuss their reasons for running and what they think they can do as mayor of the Tri-counties’ largest city. Alpine’s mayoral election is held May 10. Early voting has already begun, and ends May 6. by Dallas Baxter    more »

On Friday, Nov. 16, at Alpine’s Gallery Night Artwalk, featured artist James Evans showed a collection of his photos, “Of Missing Persons,” residents of the Big Bend... by Marlys Hersey    more »

I thought about your request for improvements to the Gazette [“On celebrating 4 years of publication,” October 2007] and could think of nothing. It seemed as if nothing should be changed…and then suddenly   more »

Once established, the saltcedar is a tenacious tenant. Its root system is substantial with a tap root sometime reaching 15 feet deep and secondary surface roots which soak up rainfall. It tolerates drought, heat, cold, salinity, fire and flooding. But this is not the worst part.... by Jim Glendinning    more »

The purpose of the Arlington Memorials is, according to the national Veterans for Peace organization, “to make the consequences of war real, and to allow people to express their grief, respect and thoughts.” The several Arlingtons are primarily in honor of fallen U.S. service members, the VFP said, but they are also intended, in accordance with the group’s mission, “to increase the public awareness of the cost of war and to seek justice for veterans and victims of war.”   more »

When most people think of yoga, they think of people twisting their bodies like pretzels, and the way yoga has been adopted in the West definitely focuses on the physical postures, or asanas, that make up much of the practice. Actually, these asanas, or exercises, are only one of the eight limbs of yoga as set down by the Indian sage Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras, over 2,000 years ago. by Ceil Drucker    more »

Always interested in opportunities in radio, Chavigny stays attuned to what’s going on with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). With his friend Danny Self, who had a pirate station in Marathon for a while, he tried to get a permit for a low-power FM station, but found that the short window of opportunity typically offered by the FCC was closed. Still, Chavigny watched and waited. And there it was.... by Dallas Baxter    more »

It seemed like a good idea at the time. The largest flying reptile ever unearthed came from the Big Bend. The scientific name is Quetzalcoatlus northropi and it is a species of Pterosaur, or flying reptile. Pterosaur literally means “flying lizard.” But don’t ever call it a dinosaur. I made that mistake. by Larry Francell    more »

With the wealth of books written on diet and nutrition it is no wonder that people are confused about what they should be eating. Much of this information is contradictory, while all promise health and disease prevention. Through many years of research and study, Dr. Campbell has proven that it is possible to control many of the diseases we face today through dietary changes. by Kathy Duncan, FNPC    more »

(Photo of Judy Magers, "The Burro Lady," in Terlingua, 2002, by Bonnie Wunderlich)
Magers was, unwittingly, a highly public persona throughout West Texas, though she remained intensely private throughout her decades of walking the highways of the region, sleeping on roadsides and talking with locals mostly just enough to obtain the bare necessities. by Don McDowell, Fred Gossien, James Evans, & Bonnie Wunderlich    more »

The gas tank is full at 10.6 gallons. At 70 MPG I can get to Houston without refueling and have enough fuel remaining to run around town for the weekend. (Remember when people ran out of gas trying to escape the hurricane last year?) by George Pitlik    more »

There is still time to be part of the great success story of how women of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico with help from women of Terlingua and Alpine, Texas raised $15,000 by selling quilts. by Dallas Baxter    more »

The Tri-counties has mind-boggling diversity in weather, soil, pests and moisture. But once you know the basics, it’s a matter of fine-tuning to get your vegetable garden just right. The soil is the beginning. What’s in the soil will be in our food. by Dallas Baxter    more »

To be in Terra’s company is to believe that anything is possible. Terra radiates optimism, her language peppered with adjectives like “beautiful,” “enchanted,” “charmed,” “magical,” and “incredibly beautiful.” Her homeschooling’s “self-teaching curriculum,” she explains, is based on reading the classical books, and is “so great, because it lets you realize that the sky’s the limit.” by Marlys Hersey    more »

So out Eason came to Alpine in March to talk - and to begin our participation in what is a truly mind-boggling project: to collect seed from 10% of the worlds 242,000 dryland species of plants by 2010. This collection is against the day when natural or human disasters, like fire or war, or crucial changes like global warming, land conversion, desertification, or loss of diversity through mono-culture plant breeding should cause plant species to disappear. by Dallas Baxter    more »

“My husband and my mother did not have a horrid death,” said Jo Tucker, who lives south of Alpine, and experienced the benefits of hospice care from the local team of providers for the death of both her husband and mother. “There was no agony, no pain, no horrid expression – thanks to hospice…. You couldn’t ask for a better team…. They know how to stay one step ahead…. I knew what was going to happen because they told me…. [My husband] could stay at home, look out the window, listen to music he loved.” by Marlys Hersey    more »

“There are obstacles, we know,” said Acosta during his opening remarks. “We are working together. This is for me a great honor, to begin and grow together. A river and border separate us, but there is interdependence, a constant interdependence between us.” by John Waters    more »

And we’ll all go out to greet her when she comes. Hi There! Joanne and Zero, along with their three children, Joe Dan, Gay, and Vicki, moved to the newly created Terlingua Ranch in September 1972. With an old jukebox in tow, the family arrived at the infamous “Sin City,” the workers’ living area for the Terramar Corporation, which was initially responsible for the Terlingua Ranch development. The children all thought they were on permanent vacation: mountains to climb, dirt roads to tear up, weekend barbeques, dancing to the Cotton-Eyed Joe, and more characters than any comic book. by Gay Kempf Davidson    more »