The Big Bend Sentinel – News from Marfa, TX, Since 1926

Growing ballet folklórico club teaches culture, history and community connection

By Abbie Perrault

Three of country music’s brightest stars on writing, recording ‘The Marfa Tapes’

By Abbie Perrault

A #StartSmall grant of $1.25 million to Chinati Foundation will fund crucial restorations — and strive to train young West Texas Women in grassland and adobe conservation.

Border Patrol installs new surveillance towers in Big Bend region

By Sachi McClendon

Presidio runner Marco Rey crosses the finish line with 2 silvers at state

By Abbie Perrault

Visuals

‘Resurrecting our church’: A congregation returns to in-person services on Easter

By Abbie Perrault

Plans for Marfa disk golf thrown off course

By Abbie Perrault

Big Bend National Park uncovers little-known Black history within its archive

By Abbie Perrault

Features

Parking lot for transmigrantes opens and with it an influx of new arrivals

A century of fine art in the Big Bend: SRSU faculty and students

By Big Bend Sentinel

Dispatches from Marfa High School

By Marfa High School Journalism Class

One local woman’s story informs her forthcoming documentary on domestic violence survivors

By Abbie Perrault

A West Texas classic is getting a twist as new beverage companies are canning this bubbly cocktail

By Kathleen Shafer

As pandemic in Texas hits 1-year mark, a look back at a history-making year

By Stephen Paulsen

Going as ‘Highway Bandoe,’ Marfa resident builds career in Houston hip-hop

By Stephen Paulsen

Carmen’s Café given new life as boutique hotel

By Kathleen Shafer

Brick Vault Brewery taps into the potential of women brewers on International Women’s Day

By Abbie Perrault

Government

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Sistema 911 de próxima generación en funcionamiento para la región de los tres condados

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District and County Clerk Virginia Pallarez to retire

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Border Patrol installs new surveillance towers in Big Bend region

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Property valuations rise significantly

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Marfa re-elects mayor and council members, adds newcomer to school board

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