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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 05:21 pm

Marfa News

Local news for Marfa, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

20 hrs ago | Odessa American Online

Jeremy Torres

ODESSA On July 11, 2008, The Lord called our Jeremy home to rest in eternal peace.

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Related Topix: Odessa Metro, Odessa, TX

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Associated Content

Mystical Ghosts Lights Draw Tourists to Marfa Texas

In a small Texas town close to the border and miles from any major city is a mystery that has scientists confused and skeptics annoyed.

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Related Topix: Supernatural

Sun Jul 13, 2008

KOSA

Water Well Check For Big Bend Area Residents

CBS 7 News Staff July 13, 2008 Big Bend Area- Water well screening is scheduled next week for residents of Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, Presidio and Terlingua.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Alpine, TX, Terlingua, TX

Mon Jul 07, 2008

MySA.com

Carlos Guerra: Documentary goes beyond young man's death on border

On my first trip to Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s, I was amused that people asked about my oil wells and ranches.

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Related Topix: Presidio County, TX, US Military, US Marine Corps

Tue Jul 01, 2008

News 8 Austin

News 8 Austin

This is an opportunity for teens, ages 13 - 18, to have a great summer full of film experience and one-on-one learning with our instructors.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Austin Metro

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Austin American-Statesman

Sherwood Moffett escorts teens to Japan; World War II plane rides in Fredricksburg

Japan through eyes of American teens From Sherwood Moffett of Austin. "Oh my gosh, I can eat off the floor!" We are standing in Shinagawa Station, a busy hub on Tokyo's Loop Line.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, World News, Japan, Austin, TX, Travel

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Chicago Tribune

'Spiral Jetta,' by Erin Hogan

I never thought fate played into book reviews. But something had a hand in sending me Erin Hogan's 'Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip Through the Land Art of the American West' the same week my daughter announced that ...

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

Rhizome.org

Rhizome 2009 Commissions: Announced

We are pleased to announce the international group of artists who will receive grants through the Rhizome Commissions Program, this year.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Houston Chronicle

UT communications given $1.5 million Hearst grant

Other grant recipients include: •Houston Grand Opera, which will receive $250,000 to support a student performance series and teacher workshops for three years.

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Related Topix: Houston Metro

Wed Jun 18, 2008

The Big Apple

Marfa Lights

Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Oct.

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Related Topix: Supernatural

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Odessa American Online

Time to retreat from retreats

Road trips for hospital officials might not be the best medicine. June 14, 2008 - 5:51PM We trust members of the Ector County Hospital District Board of Directors and key Medical Center Hospital officials are ...

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Related Topix: Ector County, TX, Odessa, TX, Opinion

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Lubbock Avalanche

Marfa's picturesque geography has attracted mystery lights

Long a cattle community set in the vast Chihuahuan desert, Marfa has grown into an internationally renowned art center in the past three decades.

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Related Topix: Presidio County, TX, Presidio, TX

Wed Jun 11, 2008

KOSA

Ft. Davis Fires Fully Contained

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

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Related Topix: Fort Davis, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX

Mon Jun 09, 2008

KUT-FM Austin

Amy Cook Live Friday @

AMY COOK LIVE FRIDAY @ 10:30 AM Originally from Los Angeles, singer/songwriter Amy Cook has made her home in Central Texas.

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Sat Jun 07, 2008

Alpine Avalanche

Quick action sought on fire station issue

By Mike Perry / mikeperry2000@alpineavalanche.com After a sometimes heated discussion, Alpine City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to immediately appoint a committee to work quickly with Brewster County ...

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Related Topix: Brewster County, TX, Alpine, TX, Immigration Reform

Thu Jun 05, 2008

KWTX

Wildfire Scorches More Than 30,000 Acres In West Texas

The Texas Forest Service says a wildfire in the Marfa area has scorched more than 31,000 acres and it is still burning.

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Related Topix: West, TX

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Texas Highways

Click on the slide

I'm basking in a hot-springs pool, soaking it all in: the immense desert solitude, serrated mountains ablaze in the morning light, and a trio of high notes - 'babbling water, rustling cottonwood leaves, and ...

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Related Topix: Presidio County, TX, West, TX

Sat May 31, 2008

Alpine Avalanche

Bypass talk is intense: Local control key to any 'relievers'

By Mike Perry / mikeperry@alpineavalanche.com Brian Swindell, the consultant leading a feasibility study of a proposed transportation corridor from Presidio to Odessa-Midland, acknowledged last week that local ...

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Related Topix: Presidio, TX, Alpine, TX, Brewster County, TX

Wed May 28, 2008

The Austin Chronicle

Day Trips

Texas Burro Rescue began with a bang. When employees of Big Bend Ranch State Park began thinning the herds of wild burros in the park with a rifle, the neighbors got upset.

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Related Topix: Ballinger, TX, San Angelo, TX, Austin, TX, Texas

Thu May 22, 2008

Quick

I hope to remember undies this vacation

Some people are naturally more organized than others. They turn in papers on time.

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Related Topix: West, TX, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Opinion

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