Vol. 93 No. 40
Featured Stories
Letters to the Editor: October 29, 2026
Justice Samuel Alito, who gets the first look at all applications from Texas for Supreme Court action, has given the plaintiffs until this Thursday, October 29, to submit a brief in opposition to the government’s request that SCOTUS stay or overturn the preliminary injunction preventing any groundbreaking activity for border construction in the Big Bend…
October 27, 2026: Public Notices & Classifieds
HearingsBids / RFPsLegal NoticesClassifieds / Help Wanted
Commissioner discovers she can’t be an election clerk
MARFA — When Presidio County Precinct 1 Commissioner Deirdre Hisler volunteered to be an election clerk for the midterm elections, she wanted to highlight the importance of others stepping up for a job that’s hard to fill. “I wanted to set a good example,” she said.
October 23, 2026: Public Notices & Classifieds
HearingsBids / RFPsLegal NoticesClassifieds / Help Wanted Hearings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MARFA PLANNING AND ZONING ORDINANCE The City Council of the City of Marfa will conduct a public hearing on the 9th ofNovember, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Casner Room at City Hall: This is a public hearingfor…
Video shows wall contractors making vulgar comments about woman after man-camp incident
This is a developing story and will be updated. A video from a Brewster County sheriff’s deputy is raising alarm among anti-wall activists and women who live in the Big Bend for capturing a group of wall contractors making vulgar comments about a woman who had filed complaints that they were trespassing on her land…
Obituary: Rev. John William “Bill” Matthews
Reverend John William “Bill” Matthews died on October 11, 2026, at 93 years. Born in Marathon, Texas (Brewster County), on February 2, 1933, son of the late educators Clarence Garrett “CG” and Myrtle Martha Ing Matthews, Bill Matthews grew up in Marathon, Fort Davis, Ysleta, and Marfa, Texas; he graduated Marfa High School in 1950…
