Fort Davis News

Extra!, July 7 Originally published 12:05 a.m., July 7, 2008 Updated 12:13 a.m., July 7, 2008 Fort Davis, Texas AIMING HIGH As rural communities that rely on tourism fret about $4 gasoline, the Chamber of ...

Heat, High winds and dry weather are igniting wildfires more and more every day - 'however TFS officials say in Texas, 95-percent of wildfires are caused by humans.

Members who participated in the 'Hats, Gloves, Bags are still part of GFWC tradition' photo contest are pictured in a variety of hats, gloves and bags are, seated, from left: Mary Vongsavath as M.D. and Joyce ...

ALPINE An initiative aimed at launching a regional air service in the Texas Trans-Pecos could take another step forward when the bidding process starts in July for improvements to the Alpine Airport.

For 14 summers we have been visiting West Texas. It all started with a camping trip that landed us in the Davis Mountains State Park.

A cowboy hat is a beloved possession: It fans fires, it blocks the rain, it gives shade - and it lends authenticity at any honky-tonk or greased-pig contest.

Comfortably settled at my home away from home, I offer the following. Tips for visitors: Think scorpions.

Davis, TX - The wildfire that tore through Jeff Davis County last week has been fully contained.

If you plan to drive between Fort Davis and Alpine this summer, you will face construction delays on State Highway 118.

Firefighters battled a 20,000-acre blaze in West Texas that promised to burn through the night because of strong winds, Texas Forest Service spokesman Warren Bielenberg said Wednesday night.

La Entrada al Pacifico Highway Not Effected by New Mexico Deal 5/27/08 Bill Warren CBS 7 News May 27, 2008 Fact or fiction: the controversial La Entrada al Pacifico may be taking a different route... Because of ...

Almost a year ago I wrote about our experience of finding, via the Internet, some old friends whom we had met when we were in the Air Force many years ago, but whom we eventually lost touch with.

Saturn is the gateway planet of the Houston skies. Sometimes all it takes is a single exposure, just one look through a telescope at the bright light with its rings and moons, to lure the vulnerable.

We're on our way, driving 660 miles across the Lone Star State, from Nacogdoches to Fort Davis.

By Kent Gibbons -- Multichannel News, 5/23/2008 10:00:00 AM IPtimize said this week that it has reached an agreement with Texas cable operator Mountain Zone Cable Systems to launch voice over Internet protocol ...

“Have it in the hands of God, because we don't know what's gonna happen.”

Melissa Correa CBS 7 News May 4, 2008 A soldier from Fort Davis is back home tonight, after completing his tour in Iraq. via KOSA

“That's a lot of potential fire protection”

Water for fighting range and structure fires in parched West Texas is often as scarce as wildfires are plentiful. via High Plains Journal

Something about small towns makes me wish I were from one of them. Why? Well, if I were from a small town, I would appreciate the nothingness of it all. via El Paso Times

It has long been in the planning stages. April 22, The Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center planners will take the first step toward making the museum a reality in Paris. via Paris Texas

“That's spread out throughout the community making banking services very much in demand.”

One bank is expanding its business from the Big Bend to the booming Basin. Fort Davis State Bank has operated in its hometown for 97 years. via Odessa American Online