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A poet laureate rarely visits our remote region, but doubly exciting when two of them will be featured at the Jeff Davis County Library on Wednesday, May 8. Starting at 2 p.m., Karla K. Morton, a graduate of Texas A&M will introduce her recent work which highlights National Parks; a portion of the proceeds benefit the parks. Karla has authored 16 poetry collections and is the recipient of several literary awards, is a guest editor for TCU Press, and was honored with an E2C Grant. She has been published in many journals and was selected as Texas State Poet Laureate in 2010, later collaborating with her husband, Alan Birkelbach, on “The National Parks: A Century of Grace,” the first book of poetry written in-situ by poets who have visited all 63 National Parks.

A local staff member and a student at Sul Ross State University in Alpine have been presented with the President’s Volunteer Service Award for 2024. PVSA is the nation’s premier volunteer award program, encouraging U.S.

The Brewster County Commissioners Court held its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 24. The new emergency management coordinator for Brewster County, James Etchison, was welcomed aboard by the court. Etchison is replacing the previous coordinator, Stephanie Elmore, and started the job on Monday.

“Is it historical denial or greed fueling the divide” The Alpine ISD Board of Trustees held their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 17 at the AISD administration building. Trustees Jimmy Morris and Joe Portillo were absent.

History Fair teams traveled to Austin this past weekend to compete in the State History Fair competition. Emilie LeBlanc placed third with her junior historical paper, just missing continuing on to the national competition by one place. She is pictured in the front row, far right.

HEAD OVER MEALS While the origins of this classic are unclear, its flavor is not. It is pure chocolate heaven.