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 »

When a friend from North Texas told her how great the hiking was around Alpine, his home town, Manning came out to hike the Big Bend and, as has happened to so many before and after her, the desert cast its spell. “I wanted to learn all about the desert,” Manning said. by Dallas Baxter    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 »

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 »

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 »

I have been to the top of the Empire State Building three times, but only one of those was during the twelve years I lived five blocks away from it. My point? There is a certain amount of taking-for-grantedness about the wonders that abound where we live, no matter where that is. And Trans Pecos Texas, that part of the state west of the Pecos River, is no exception. We may be full of praise and admiration for this sight or that natural wonder, but often our knowledge of the place is pretty sketchy. by Dallas Baxter    more »

An inquiry into the problem of cats gone wild in this small town. Tender human solutions applied to a tragic animal issue. by Dallas Baxter    more »

Dedicated in work and play
Getting to know District Attorney Frank Brown. by Dallas Baxter    more »

The good news is that there is no shortage of great dogs and cats in the Tri-counties. The bad, and sad, news is that a majority of them are unwanted. by Dallas Baxter    more »