The Brewster County Groundwater Conservation District has tabled a decision on a new proposed fee structure to “at least” next month. Joan Johnson Chair of the board of directors recommended the board table the decision to “at least” the next board meeting to be held on September 15. The Val Clark Beard County […]
Month: August 2016
Brewster County burn ban lifted
Brewster County emergency Management has issued the following press release this morning: With the county-wide rain this past weekend and the predicted rain this week, Judge Cano has rescinded the Brewster County burn ban. -Matt Van Ostrand, Brewster County Emergency Management
Pipeline Eminent Domain proceeding rules in favor of landowners
A special board of commissioners convened in Brewster County has ruled in favor of Leoncita Land Company [owned by Tom and Val Beard] versus the Trans-Pecos Pipeline LLC that will cross the Beard’s property. In Cause No 2016-04 B0852-CV in the matter of Trans- Pecos Pipeline Company vs. Leoncita Land […]
MARFA LIVE ARTS PRESENTS: ¡PACHANGA! a community talent show
On August 27th, 2016, Marfa Live Arts will bring back ¡Pachanga! A Community Talent Show. ¡Pachanga! (slang word for party or bash) will be emceed by Junie Villarreal and will take place at the Marfa Visitor Center in the USO Hall, 302 South Highland Avenue in Marfa, starting at 7:30 pm […]
Congressman Will Hurd visits Alpine on his Dairy Queen tour of West Texas
By Matt Hagerman, Gazette correspondent “If we’re interrupting your lunch, I apologize,” the tall congressman shouted inside a fast food restaurant on the outskirts of Alpine last Friday. Twenty-nine counties along the Mexican border in between San Antonio and El Paso make up the 23rd Congressional District of Texas, one […]