How is it possible to dedicate megabucks to making the border’s biological situation worse instead of to cleaning up shared binational water sheds, airsheds, and landscapes to improve the habitat for humans and other living things? by Talli Nauman    more »

The synopsis does not reveal the film’s ending but leaves off with the terrorist being ordered to return to Mexico after being contacted by his handlers via satellite phone. Due to resistance from citizens, the terrorist is ordered to abort his mission, and receive codes to disarm the bomb upon his return to Mexico. If he is killed before he receives the disarm codes the nuclear bomb will go off. Far fetched? Maybe not.... by John Waters    more »

It is often said that one function of government is to protect the poor from the rich. Since our present rulers (government) have consistently done the opposite, I agree with Mr. Briggs that we should do away with them, that no government (in this specific case) is better than horribly bad government. But what the Norquist crowd really means is to do away with government except where it benefits the military-industrial complex.   more »

When asked what we should do about the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the United States, members of the Boys & Girls Club of Terlingua said that President Bush should change places with an immigrant for a day.   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 »

The rationale of the route is that it would save four days in travel time for U.S.-bound imports from Asia compared with traveling from west coast ports such as Long Beach or Oakland. According to Mangrem, politics is the driving force behind La Entrada, not economics. He added, “There is a lot of political pressure to do this.” by John Waters    more »

On February 18, Ms Tracy’s Café hosted the first-ever junior chili cook-off in Terlingua. The brainchild of Tracy MacLean as a way to raise public awareness of the Boys and Girls Club of Terlingua also garnered considerable support from Ken Rodd a director of the Chili Appreciation Society International, who helped faciliate the event. by John Waters    more »

You won’t see many people wearing Chico Cano T-Shirts. The Mexican revolutionary figure is not as well known as Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, two of his early 20th century contemporaries.... But Chico Cano, in his own way, lived up to the revolutionary image of fighter, hero – even bandit – as much or mores than other more celebrated figures. And because he occasionally redistributed the wealth of the more fortunate, Cano has also been described as a Mexican Robin Hood. by Sam Richardson    more »

This 16th 17th and 18th of February, mountain bike enthusiasts from around the state and nation will gather for what is becoming one of the most talked-about events in the race calendar. Super singletrack, challenging jeep roads and tricky creekbeds combine with some of the finest views on the planet to create a racing paradise. by Rebecca Evans    more »

The Big Bend Youth Club (now officially the Boys & Girls Club of Terlingua) finally purchased a 12-passenger van that will be used to take its club members on outings. Since the inception of the club, it has been a primary goal to take the kids out and expose them to various other places....   more »

President of Lajitas Resort has confirmed that the resort will pay the needed additional funding match required by the recently passed Transportation Bill. by John Waters    more »

After four months of disagreement amongst the directors about the management and direction of the 2-year-old non-profit organization, a lawsuit was settled via legal mediation on Saturday, October 15, allowing current board members and staff to re-focus their energies on the club’s members and programs.   more »

Orozco’s death derailed a German plot to gain Mexico as a North American ally in the midst of World War I and brought a final end to Mexican and North American conservatives’ attempts to reverse the course of the Mexican Revolution. by Lonn Taylor    more »

The continuing saga of a road, a resort, and Congress. How $1.2 million in new federal funding is now $1.5 million less. by John Waters    more »

I got the call that the river was 16 feet at Lajitas, and a Far Flung team with Uncle Steve and Wildman had run Santa Elena Canyon in 3 hours. At the time, boaters were prohibited from running Santa Elena when the Lajitas gage read over 5 feet. by Mike Davidson    more »

Do we smell bacon?
Scrutinizing the latest highway transportation bill reveals a suprising deal on the highway construction around Lajitas Resort. by John Waters    more »

More than you might care to know about the Conenose, the most maligned bug in the Big Bend. by John Waters    more »

An essay about sleeping with conenose bugs. by Crystal Allbright    more »