• by Paul Slocumb • From chasing flag football belts at the age of 4, through Pop Warner tackles, and especially as a two-way star on Van Horn’s middle school and high school teams, Fabian Baeza played football hard, even …
• by Paul Slocumb • Growing up in Alpine, Sul Ross senior and 2018 McNair scholar Michelle Ramos enjoyed the kind of idyllic childhood that postcard-hunting tourists might expect in a small West Texas town. The close-knit community fostered her …
• by Paul Slocumb • Twenty six miles from Alpine, the West Texas cultural mecca of Marfa abides, offering daytrippers some well-known options for art, shopping, and food. Hikers looking for a beautiful off-the-canvas landscape can take advantage of a …
PHOTO STORY • by Paul Slocumb • Dr. Kevin Urbanczyk, professor of geology and director of the Rio Grande Research Center, along with a crew of volunteers cleaned graffiti off Hancock Hill rocks on July 18.
• by Paul Slocumb • 200 years ago, the only lights at night in the Big Bend region were campfires and stars (and possibly the not-yet-Marfa lights, depending on which local expert you ask). Since then, cities like Presidio, Marfa, …
• by Paul Slocumb • Alpine’s professional baseball season recently sprang into action with the Cowboys running onto Kokernot Field, but it’s about to step up to the plate at Kokernot Outdoor Theatre, too, as Theatre of the Big Bend …
• by Paul Slocumb • Springtime in the Big Bend can be a source of bountiful change. April’s 100-degree days have been followed by a May 1 freeze. Raging dust hurricanes end with a Zen-like desert stillness. Freshly scrubbed houses …