Big Bend News for Alpine Texas & Brewster County
At a press conference today, General Terrence John O’Shaughnessy, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command said 5,200 troops will be deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico by the end of this week and “As we sit right here today, we have about 800 soldiers […]
Voters in Alpine rejected a $29 million bond issue with 703 votes against and 642 in favor. The Alpine ISD issued this statement: Alpine ISD wishes to thank the voters for going to the polls and making their voices heard in the proposed bond election. We would also like to […]
Local attorney Jaime Escuder launches podcast as voice for secular America By Marlys Hersey Criminal defense lawyer, musician, father, husband, progressive are all fair labels for Jaime Escuder (JAY-me Es-koo-DARE). You may recall seeing that name on lawn signs for a while last year when the Alpine resident ran for […]
Jessica Garza was selected by the Alpine City Council to be the Alpine City Manager and accepted the position effective December 1st. Jessica comes to Alpine with almost 20 years of experience in rural municipalities. She leaves Vinton, Texas, where she restructured the local government organization and implemented several strategic […]