February 2025

State Senator César J. Blanco has introduced Senate Bill 1031 (SB 1031), a legislative measure aimed at addressing Texas’ growing backlog of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications and ensuring families have timely access to food assistance.

As Texans continue to choose corn as a major food ingredient of choice — happily consuming street tacos and enchiladas and tortilla chips by the ton — research from a new study finds that corn also holds many answers to the unknown stories of the earliest people of this country.

The Fort Stockton Historical Society is set to host its annual banquet on Thursday, February 20, at the Large Community Hall in Rooney Park.

KARA GERBERT On Sunday afternoon, the Alpine Avalanche received a notice from the Alpine Police Department (APD) that the body of an unidentified male was discovered in the 400 block of West Holland Avenue at the bridge over Alpine Creek. At approximately 1 p.m.

AUSTIN – Last Tuesday, Senator César J. Blanco, along with joint-authors Senate Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee Vice-Chair Charles Perry, Senator Angela Paxton, Senator Mayes Middleton, and Senator Bob Hall, has pre-filed Senate Bill 9-1-1, — the Healthcare Expanded and Accessed Locally...

In December 2022, less than six months after commencing science operations, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed something never seen before: numerous red objects that appear small on the sky, which scientists soon called “little red dots” (LRDs).

Editor’s note: It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered evidence of guilt, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The following list is provided by the Pecos County Sheriff’s Department.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported.

In 1936 Bing Crosby entertained the nation by crooning “Pennies From Heaven,” but in 2025 it seems that pennies are The Coin From Hell.

Thank you On behalf of the family of Silvia Quilo, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers, cards, flowers, plants, and food received during this time.