The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the agency has caught the first wild New World Screwworm in a fly trap in Brewster County.
According to the department, the surveillance systems it has set up includes animal checks, drones, trail cams and QUOTE “boots-on-the-ground monitoring.” The agency or state partners service the traps they’ve set up weekly to collect flies and to re-apply attractants and sticky coatings to catch flies.
Meanwhile, the department has just re-opened the livestock crossing in Santa Teresa – it’s the busiest international crossing in the country and had been shut down for more than a year over concerns of the parasitic fly.
Tomorrow (TUESDAY), the city of Alpine will hold its next council meeting.
According to an agenda for the meeting, council members will discuss and decide on recommitting and appropriating funds from the city’s Water Fund reserves to cover expenses related to the QUOTE “water crisis” the city experienced earlier this year.
The meeting will also include regular reports from the mayor and city manager.
You can find a copy of the agenda online at cityofalpine.com.
The council meets Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the city council chambers.
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Also on Tuesday, the Palace Theater in Marfa will host a free screening of the movie “The Deputy.” The film tells the story of a young sheriff’s deputy who finds himself in the crosshairs of dangerous criminals.
The screening takes place at 7:00 p.m.shows at the Crowley Theater in Marfa and will include a Q&A with the film’s director.
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Later this week, the Small Business Development Center at Sul Ross State University will host its next training session for area business owners.
The training will help you prepare for the upcoming tax season. You’ll learn tips for remaining organized and maintaining receipts when doing your tax returns. That training will be from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
To register for this webinar and to see what other workshops the SBDC is providing in the future, head to sbdc.sulross.edu/alpine.
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At the end of the week, the 5th annual Big Bend Bluegrass Festival returns to Alpine, bringing the tradition of bluegrass and American-roots music to the Big Bend.
For this year’s event, the festival will feature Grammy-nominated and award-winning ensemble Special Consensus, along with Righteous Intonation and Everett Edwards among others.
On top of the performances, the festival also features a lineup of free workshops. The event is Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3 at the Alpine Civic Center.
For more information, including tickets and a complete schedule of events, head to bigbendbluegrass.com.
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Next week, Alpine ISD will hold a dedication ceremony to celebrate the renaming of the high school gym.
The gym will now be known as the Coach Rosa Garcia gymnasium. Garcia spent more than four decades in public education and had a profound impact on Alpine athletics. According to the district, Garcia’s the most accomplished volleyball coach in Alpine High School’s history.
The dedication ceremony takes place Saturday, October 3 at the high school gym.
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Next week, the pet adoption agency One Tale at a Time will host a pet clinic in Van Horn.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6 the nonprofit will provide clinic services for pets of residents in Van Horn and Culberson County.
For more information and to register for the clinic services, head to otatwtx.org/clinic.
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Next week, head to Fort Stockton for the Pecos County Wildlife, Technology and Management Seminar.
The event is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Borderlands Research Institute, and will give landowners and ranchers tools, information and guidance to help them with wildlife management.
The event is $20 and will be Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the AgriLife Extension office for Pecos County.
For more information, contact Dalton York at 432-336-2541.
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