WEST TEXAS WEEKLY

Big Bend Live Music for the week of Mar 11th-18th.

–Update: I’d like to remind everybody that September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Click here to learn more about this fun and unusual holiday.

–UPDATE: I Try not to beg and plead too much, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit Jason Bush Cancer Fund and donate something. Any amount, no matter how small, [...]

–A gigantic thank you to Jimmy Patterson of the Midland Reporter Telegram. He wrote about me for the paper. Click here to read the article. He also hosts the excellent blog Sticky Doorknobs. Thanks for a great interview, Jimmy!
– Congratulations to my Contributing Editor Marfa, Amanda Mayo. She will be the new office manager for [...]

–What a busy weekend! Fort Davis National Historic Site will have lots of exciting stuff this weekend. I’m interested in the the baseball game played by 1884 rules. Also there will be a Trash Can Cavelry presentation and a small arms demonstration. Click here to find out more. Also, stop by Old Fort Country; there [...]

–In regard to the website West Texas Police State, I received the following e-mail from Guilford Jones: “I think it’s a great site to monitor the doings of the agencies charged with serving and protecting us. It appears to me that these law enforcement deputies and others are still drunk with the power ostensibly given [...]

–I can’t get enough of the burgers at Alicia’s Cafe. I always get a cheeseburger with a side order of chili macho. The hand-cut french fries are amazing. If you’re just stopping in town for the first time and want really authentic Alpine food, come in.
– A reader just alerted me that there is a [...]

“This young male black bear had been hanging around the parking lot and the restaurant area of the Chisos Mountain Lodge in Big Bend National Park on Monday AM … He actually came back to the window 2 or 3 times. When he started to stand on his hind legs and push on the windows [...]

Update: From Texas Highways: “Oh, yes, and a trip to West Texas, where you can escape summer’s blaze in unlikely places. Perhaps you’re thinking the mercury has gone to my head, and that I’m confused, or worse, clearly crazy. But bear with me: West Texas boasts two of the most pleasant places to hang [...]

KRTS Studios during election week

Marfa Public Radio is radio for Far West Texas and can be found on your radio dial at 93.5 fm. KRTS provides radio that unites the community and promotes cultural enrichment through presentation and focus on the importance of art, education, quality of life and the local economy.
Covering:
Alpine
Balmorhea
Big Bend National Park
Calamity [...]

–A fan sent in the following picture taken by Charles Smith. This pleasant little javelina walked into the Chuckwagon in Fort Davis. Evidently, he just pushed open the screen door and entered nonchalantly as patrons ate their brisket plates.
–A fan of the site sent in this:
“Love your site!
Has anyone sent you the interviews David Lynch [...]

Wildfires in the Big Bend:

Wildfire in the Park
Speaking with a Firefighter

REGIONAL

TEXAS BUSINESS BURGLARIZED BY MONKEY
Way Out Texas Book Festival: Don’t Miss It!
What is the Ghost House of Marfa?
Mother Jones: War on Drugs is a waste of money.

FOCUS ON FORT DAVIS

Southern Living: Wide Open in West Texas
Travel Picks: Places to Watch the Sky
Drive: The High [...]

[Big Bend Live Music is a new feature brought to you by Matt Hodges, Contributing Editor Music. If you have a gig you'd like to share with the world, email him at matt.hodges@live.com]
Matt’s Pick this week goes to Brown Betty:

July 17th

Brown Betty at The Railroad Blues, 10:00 PM
The Doodlin’ Hogwallops at Harry’s Tinaja, 8:00 PM
The [...]

Area children are invited to participate in Junior Ranger Day on the morning of Saturday, July 18, at Fort Davis National Historic Site. The event is free.
Called “The Amazing Race to the Past,” the event is modeled after the television program by a similar name. Children ages 6 to 13 will solve riddles and move [...]

Stop by Marfa Guest Quarters and help support KRTS. If you’re attending, RSVP on facebook. Stop by KRTS’s website and check out their programming. (Tom, get that RSS headline animator up!)
Marfa Public Radio (KRTS, 93.5 FM) is pleased to welcome three summer interns to the station.
David Leonnig, Tracy Maline, and Rebecca Potts will spend [...]

You chose #7 by Margaret Cotter overwhelmingly as your favorite set. She received 77 votes. She will receive a gift certificate for The Mural Cafe and a Mug and T-shirt from Kiowa Gallery. She will also get the chance to write/photograph an exclusive feature for you.
Here are the winning photographs. If you computer is cropping [...]

It might sound silly, but you can feel James Dean’s star power permeate this landmark fifty years after the fact. There is an ineffable glamor here that my video may not be able to capture. The only way to experience it is to visit yourself; stop by their website and make reservations so you can [...]

TEXARKANA GUNSLINGERS… SOME COMPETITION FOR THE COWBOYS?!?

Extra!
Professional baseball is officially here in Alpine!
As most people know, the Continental Baseball League has been attempting to bring professional baseball here to Alpine, Texas. The Cowboys (a nod to Herbert Kokernots original team) would play in Kokernot Field.
A schedule of games is listed here. May 14th has us [...]

West Texas Weekly interviews one of the brave men who fights fires using a helicopter. This footage was taken on April 23rd at the Alpine Municipal Airport as firefighters turned their attention from Fort Davis to south of Alpine. My sincere thanks to Matt and his crew for risking their lives for our safety.

Make sure [...]

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It will look great on your resume, will give you relevant skills for the changing media market, will help your blog or website and will help contribute to independent media in West Texas.
I need the following:

Interns for video reporting
Sales Associate
Contributing Editor [...]

The Fort Davis Historical Society presents historian Lonn Taylor’s speech entitled “Texas and the Other 49” on Monday, May 18th, the details of which he is keeping a surprise. 
   
This will also be the Society’s annual Potluck Dinner.  Everyone is invited to attend, and is encouraged to bring a dish.  The Society will provide the ham.  [...]