Calistra Acosta Valenzuela passed away quietly at home with her family on Friday, June 24, 2022.Calistra was born in Fort Stockton, Texas, on April 22, 1921, to Lazaro Acosta and Miquela Salmon Acosta. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) is now accepting nominations for county committee members. Elections will occur in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for members. LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multi-county jurisdiction. This may include LAAs that are focused on an urban or suburban area.

The Sul Ross State University Music Department and Big Bend Children’s Chorus will host a choir camp for kids in grades 2-8 beginning Friday, July 1.

The cost to attend is $25. Students will practice daily from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Francois Fine Arts Building on the Alpine campus. They will perform with the Alpine Community Band at 7:30 p.m. at Kokernot Park on July 4 during the Independence Day celebration.

The Texas Department of Public Safety will be increasing the number of Texas Highway Patrol Troopers on the road from Thursday, June 24, through Sunday, July 10, as part of the Intoxicated Driving Mobilization (IDM) - Specific Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP).

DPS troopers will be on the roads looking for drivers who are speeding, driving while intoxicated or not wearing their seat belts. The goal of the IDM STEP program is to reduce the number of DWI-related crashes, injuries, and fatalities.