The Brewster County Commissioners Court adopted a 90-day burn ban at its meeting on Monday, January 13. The use of cooking stoves fueled by “white gasoline” or enclosed outdoor cooking grills or pits fueled by propane, natural gas, or wood will be permitted during the burn ban. Commercial businesses/vendors may […]

By Marlys Hersey Where the Mountains are Thieves. By David Marion Wilkinson. 330 pages. Goldminds Publishing, LLC (2013). $28.99. We get a lot of books sent to us, free, presumably in hopes we will read, love, and praise them in our publication. And I am sorry to report that most […]

By Pete Smyke City of Alpine documents obtained through the Texas Public Information Act show that during calendar year 2012, 42 city employees took over $141,000 in payroll “advances.” This equals roughly eight percent of annual city payroll, and might better be described as “taxpayer money diverted to personal use” […]