View Article  Gallery on the Square and new website are latest projects of regional artists' cooperative

The gallery is located in the “Old Town Square” row of buildings on the corner of N. 5th Street and Sul Ross Avenue, and is open 11 am to 5:30 pm Wednesday through Sunday, with alterations for major holidays.   more »
View Article  Thumbnotes, A Hitchiker’s Journal, part 10: Toyota of Iniquity
Fritz obviously feels bad about the incident and needed to tell someone, preferably a stranger. This is a service I often find myself providing to the people who give me a lift. I am The Road Priest, listening to tales of iniquity. It’s a metal confessional box on wheels. The difference is, I look my sinners in the eye. I want to tell Fritz to do twenty Hail Marys but I don’t know if that’s the right amount or even what a Hail Mary is exactly, so I just utter “That’s messed up, man.” and leave it at that. by Mark Kneeskern    more »
View Article  Adoring Arizona

Yesterday I tried to make myself leave the house. I got as far as the bench on the front porch – and then I sat down quickly because from there the Catalina Mountains stood out from and above everything else, about thirty-five miles away from me. Clouds hung over them, like the rest of Tucson, but in places the sun would break through, as if to spotlight one peak, then another. The message was clear: Look at this—isn’t it fabulous? Now see this one—can you believe it? by Beth Garcia    more »
View Article  Letters to the Editor (DEC. 09)
I would like to make a public confession. I have been officially indoctrinated into the Big Bend Old Fogies Suspected Terrorist Cell. Seriously.   more »
View Article  a jaunt in the mountains of Mitre Peak Girl Scout Camp

It turns out that Mitre Peak Girl Scout camp, just north of Alpine in the Davis Mountains, is available for day use and group rentals on the off-seasons.   more »
View Article  Customs & Border Patrol to Deport 34,000 Yearly Through Presidio
In an effort to disrupt human-trafficking, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) will bus will transport two busloads consisting of 94 Mexican Nationals, per day, caught illegally in Arizona, to the Port of Entry in Presidio. The transported individuals will then be released and allowed to walk across the international bridge to Mexico. by John Waters    more »
View Article  Amercia's Best Idea, Almost Not
The number of people who sacrificed their fortunes, health and had to compromise their ideals in order to protect us from ourselves were considerable, and to them we owe a great debt. But until Burns told us, how many of us even knew their names? By Larry Francell    more »
View Article  Terlingua Artist and Musician Bryn Moore showcased at the Greasewood Gallery in Marfa

This painting "Window on the World" was done by Terlinguan artist, musician, homebuilder, and gallery owner Bryn Moore, who will be exhibiting many of her works of art this month at the Hotel Paisano's Greasewood Gallery in Marfa.   more »
View Article  REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL ADDRESS TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLCHILDREN
Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor – maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine – but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.   more »
View Article  Biographical statement from Val Clark Beard, candidate for Brewster County Judge
Val Beard has served as Brewster County Judge since 1993. From 1983 – 1991, she was Brewster County Attorney. Beard is a Constitutional County Judge with both administrative and judicial authority. In addition to presiding over Commissioners Court, she has active probate, criminal and civil dockets. Brewster County, the largest County in Texas, is an exceptionally diverse, growing rural county.   more »
View Article  Yearning For Zion Ranch Trials, Round Two
However, while the legal battle over the children was still in process, the Texas Attorney General launched a criminal investigation based on evidence indicating that at least some of the children had been born to underage mothers. CPS obtained DNA samples from all of the children and many of the FLDS adults and turned the samples over to the Attorney General’s Office, which says the test results confirm their suspicions. Based on this and other evidence seized during the raid, twelve male members of the FLDS were charged with criminal conduct ranging from Bigamy to Sexual Assault of a Child. Raymond Jessup is the first one of the twelve to be put on trial. By Steve Anderson    more »
View Article  Big Bend Baptist Church Honors EMS Personnel and Educators
In late September the congregants at Big Bend Baptist Church provided fellowship and nourishment to the workers of Terlingua Fire & Emergency Medical Services and the educators at Terlingua CSD.   more »
View Article  GALLERY NIGHT ARTWALK SWEET 16 CELEBRATES CULTURAL ARTISANS OF THE BIG BEND REGION
Gallery Night Artwalk is a colorful and zesty affair where visitors spend the weekend touring all-day open houses to view artwork in various mediums while enjoying socializing, entertainment and food along the way. Portraits, sculptures, oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, jewelry, carvings, metalwork, weavings and crafts of all kinds are there for the beholding.   more »
View Article  Mas Mas O Menos Bike Race for 2010 Cancelled
While the 2010 race may be dust, the energetic, creative and eternally optimistic minds at Desert Sports are shaking off the race cancellation disappointment and strategizing on rising like a phoenix, out of the ashes, to new adventures. Possible future Mas O Menos courses are being explored.   more »
View Article  PC Users - Beware Scareware!
Let’s say you Google for news about a celebrity or hurricane that’s getting lots of coverage. Google responds with a list of web pages so you click on a link that looks interesting. Suddenly your PC’s screen fills with warnings that a virus has been detected. Here’s where fear becomes your enemy. by Tim Wilde    more »
View Article  A Day (or Two) in the Life... of a Tour Guide
My job is entertainer and informant. I try to convey something of the spirit of the border lands, without overloading guests with facts. I use anecdote, personal reminiscence and contemporary references to tell of the area’s violent history, distinctive geology and varied natural habitat – particularly its colorful residents, including contemporary ones I have interviewed. The landscape speaks for itself, it just needs explaining. I try to keep the tone of my narrative light, and am always looking at audience response. Drooping eyelids means I’m boring them. By Jim Glendinning    more »
View Article  A Labor of Love Towards a Different Sort of Wealth: Dispatches from a Prolific Organic Garden in Alpine

Mark Foster and Deborah Tout have gardened year-round since they moved to Alpine in the summer of 2003. Foster, 55, who has gardened “on both coasts and a lot of places in between,” since he was ten years old, thinks this area is “absolutely the easiest climate I’ve grown in.” by Marlys Hersey    more »
View Article  Thumbnotes, A Hitchiker’s Journal, part 8: “Cheesehead to Yooperland”
I see many cheeseheads walking up the bank of steps outside the facility and we exchange whoops of joy at our being connected by the strange word. The other half of my sign, “Yooperland,” is being questioned by passersby, which is a good thing, as I want interaction to spawn some ride possibilities. I know that the people from Yooperland will understand, because they are Yoopers of course, so called because they live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, or “the U.P.” Several Yoopers approach me and give me high-fives, prideful of their origins. But all of these Yoopers have moved away, mostly to Milwaukee. In fact, everyone seems to have come to the game from Milwaukee. By Mark Kneeskern    more »
View Article  Push for Wilderness Designation in Big Bend National Park Renewed

The proposal for a Wilderness Area within this park is not new. When the idea of designating two-thirds of Big Bend National Park as wilderness was first proposed, then-President Richard Nixon said, “At a time when our Nation is seriously concerned with conserving our energy resources, it is also important that we protect another treasured national resource — our wilderness areas and the many varieties of plant and animal life which thrive uniquely in wilderness environments.” By John Waters    more »