April 2024

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS One economist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history,” according to the Texas Standard. The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 is expected to draw up to a million visitors to the Lone Star State, especially in its narrow path of totality.

FIDDLER’S GREEN Thus, the call at the Butterfield Overland Mail terminal in St. Louis, for the (usually) 21-day trip across the continent.

s I write, I’m trying to relax in my recliner on a cold winter’s day next to a roaring fire, yet my feet are freezing because a large, semi-elderly cat named “Missy” – AKA “The Loaf” – is lounging on the fireplace hearth directly in front of the firebox and hogging all of the heat. “How did I reach this state?” you might wonder.

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The College of Agriculture, Life, and Physical Science at Sul Ross State University will host 114 regional members of 4-H and Future Farmers of America who will compete in six separate career development events on Thursday, April 4.

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Last Thursday, Big Bend National Park officials gave a presentation in the Big Bend Telephone meeting room for an update on the “Basin access plan” to help inform those interested in the future remodeling project.

Socorro Primera Ureta, known affectionately as Cora or Chapo, passed away on Thursday, March 28, at her residence surrounded by her immediate family. Socorro was born on January 29, 1943, in Fort Stockton, Texas to Cosme and Angelita Primera, and was the third of five children.