This final article in the rural mental health series by the ⁦The Big Bend Sentinel⁩ covers a new therapy using community rather than professionals to help those in need. New community-based therapy offers benefits for rural areas – The Big Bend Sentinel bigbendsentinel.com/2024/05/15/new…

For those who have been following the Rural Mental Health series, David and I sent our thanks to ⁦The Big Bend Sentinel⁩ this week, along with a few words on the project. We love supporting #localjournalism Letters to the Editor – The Big Bend Sentinel bigbendsentinel.com/2024/05/22/let…

“A fire that broke out next to the Holland Hotel in Alpine late yesterday afternoon could not be quickly contained and burned through several businesses…” Just awful. I’m off today and out of town but follow The Big Bend Sentinel & Marfa Public Radio for more: bigbendsentinel.com/2024/05/27/fir…

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Thrilled to discover today that the Big Bend Sentinel has been complaining about parachute journalists since 1931 🫡

Last week, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) celebrated its 100th anniversary with a parade through downtown Marfa. The “Mean Green” showed up in style for a patriotic procession led by a pair of bagpipers. The first story in a series. bigbendsentinel.com/2024/06/05/a-p…

Ernesto “Ernie” Villarreal Jr., previous Valentine ISD business manager and tax assessor-collector, was arrested on Monday for criminal charges relating to an alleged scheme in which he fraudulently misappropriated school district funds. bigbendsentinel.com/2024/06/26/ern…

Folks in Terlingua not exactly thrilled at the prospect of a Dollar Store coming to town, as Sam Karas reports: bigbendsentinel.com/2024/07/03/ter…

Last week, Terlingua firefighter Tony Drewry approached a survey crew working near the junction of Highway 118 and 170 to confirm a rumor: were they working for Dollar General? A yes has caused quite an uproar. bigbendsentinel.com/2024/07/03/ter…

Reps for DG say they're in the "due diligence" phase of figuring out whether they want to put a store in Terlingua and will make a decision by the ned of the year. Locals (and tourists who love Terlingua) are not happy about it. bigbendsentinel.com/2024/07/03/ter…

Brewster County sheriff’s deputies arrested an Alpine volunteer firefighter Friday, charging him in connection to a spate of recent brushfires in Alpine. But Brewster County officials are breaking the law by not releasing arrest affidavits in the case. bigbendsentinel.com/2024/07/10/alp…

A glimpse at small town life - as in, so small the postal service doesn't deliver to homes, only PO boxes (did you know that's a thing?) Tips from the postmaster on how to make sure your packages don't get sent back - via The Big Bend Sentinel bigbendsentinel.com/2024/07/10/mar…

Visitors at the Marfa Lights Viewing area on Highway 90 got a treat Thursday night, but not from seeing the mysterious bouncing globes that so many flock to try and see east of Marfa. #meteor #satellite #bigbend #texas Video courtesy of Michael Alberts bigbendsentinel.com/2024/07/26/col…

Shout out to Texas Standard (@texasstandard.bsky.social) for featuring my The Big Bend Sentinel story about addressing in rural locations. Story was prompted by locals complaining about issues with the Marfa post office, but it turns out this is not the job of the USPS! texasstandard.org/stories/addres…

Presidio County’s annual budget tends to hover around $4 million. That’s chump change compared to many other rural West Texas counties — Loving County, the state’s smallest by population, enjoys a $25 million annual budget for its 67 residents. bigbendsentinel.com/2024/08/21/cou…

How cool is this print Ryan Chandler picked up in Marfa?

Wow - awesome to see so how many people loved this The Big Bend Sentinel print as much as Ryan Chandler and I do. Here’s a link to it, and a reminder to support local journalism. thesentinelmarfa.com/collections/th…

bigbendsentinel.com/2024/09/10/mar… It’s shaping up to be a relatively seamless 2024-25 budget cycle for the City of Marfa. And while construction on a 3D-printed model hotel room and home has begun, developers are still in discussion about hooking up to Marfa’s water and wastewater systems.

Super excited about these upcoming West Texas screenings of the remarkable film Zurawski v Texas with filmmaker Maisie Crow sponsored by the The Big Bend Sentinel Marfa is 10/13 5 pm Alpine is 10/14 6 pm Free admission! Info below! Please share!

In a time when local newspapers are struggling to stay afloat, the Big Bend Sentinel, which covers the small community of Marfa, Texas, is thriving, thanks to some outside-the-box thinking and a little caffeine.