Big Bend Sentinel

12/13/2025

Angel's owners distraught over idea of price increases.

Marfa The private financing corporation arm of the Marfa Housing Authority (MHA) recently purchased commercial land in Marfa and raised the rents for the tenants—Angel’s Restaurant, and J&J Auto, a mechanic shop—which led to the auto shop’s closure and the restaurant owner uncertain about he...

12/06/2025

12/04/2025

Cool little piece from a famous correspondent/columnist visiting Big Bend Sentinel in the 1930s.

In late 1934 or early 1935, celebrated columnist and war correspondent Ernie Pyle visited Marfa and was intrigued by a young couple, Charles and Ruth Moore, who had recently bought Big Bend Sentinel and were bootstrapping to keep the paper running. Pyle was impressed by their determination, and afte...

12/03/2025

Court action in Acosta gun smuggling case reveals more information.

UPDATE: We have clarified the issue of whether Acosta is a citizen or has permanent residents by noting this might simply be an error or mistruth from the prosecution. The story has been updated. Numerous sources tell us Acosta was born in the United States.

Separate case finds ammunition stash Presidio Presidio businessman Tiburcio “Butch” Acosta—arrested on federal gun smuggling charges on November 13—told investigators that the La Linea cartel “buttered him up” to get him involved in smuggling weapons to them, according to federal court r...

11/26/2025

Another brush with the law for an Alpine man.

An Alpine man who is facing previous charges led Jeff Davis County deputies on a high-speed chase Monday, winding through the Davis Mountains and reaching speeds up to 112 mph. Arrested was Justin Vega Lara, 38, who is in Brewster County Jail. As of Wednesday morning, Lara had not been brought to co...

11/25/2025

Step up and help out the local food pantry!

Marfa Runners welcome! Walkers welcome! Kids welcome! Pets welcome! Bring your strollers and wagons! Hit the streets to burn off the heavy fixings from the day before with the 2025 Marfa Turkey Trot on Friday, November 28, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The trot is a 5K (3.2 mile) run/walk event to benef...

11/21/2025

A collection of dreams will take place in Marfa Monday night. Want to add to the collection?

Marfa Poet Mathias Svalina will be in residence in Marfa over the next few weeks and is seeking volunteers in town to record their dreams on the night of Monday, November 24, through the morning of Tuesday, November 25. “The goal of the archive is to keep a record of the dreams dreamt in the […]

11/19/2025

Former county commissioners court candidate now in detention after arrest last week by feds.

A  Presidio man who narrowly lost a Presidio County Commissioners Court race last year—Tiburcio “Butch” Acosta, 50—is in a federal detainment center after being indicted for allegedly smuggling guns to the La Linea cartel in Mexico, according to records from the U.S. District Court for the ...

11/15/2025

Poetry tonight...anything based on a lunchonette has to be good.

New Jersey poet Frank Rubino will be reading from his work and in conversation with Marfa resident, poet Eileen Myles, at Stop & Read Books—215 Highland Street in Marfa—on Saturday, November. 15, at 7 p.m.  Myles will give an introduction to Rubino’s new collection of poems that recollect the...

11/15/2025

An update on the AEP substation.

Marfa The power company AEP will file a special use permit application with the City of Marfa—as soon as next week—to rezone land and build a new electric substation after the City Council declined its regular application to rezone land from residential to industrial on October 23. The council s...

11/13/2025

Temp deal keeps golf course going.

Marfa At Wednesday morning’s Commissioners Court meeting, the county struck a six-month temporary management contract with a coalition hoping to keep the Marfa Golf Course alive after it was defunded in August with a split 3-2 vote. It’s the latest in a series of aftershocks from a particularly ...

11/09/2025

The 24-hour closure, affecting both eastbound and westbound traffic, will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, and ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 13.

The closure will impact direct access through Alpine.

Alpine The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), El Paso District, working together with Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) will temporarily close the U.S. 67/HWY 90 railroad bridge in Alpine to complete a bridge-raising project aimed at improving safety and preventing future bridge strikes. The br...