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Quorum Health, the company that owns and operates Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine, recently announced plans to transition all of its for-profit hospitals to nonprofits by this fall. Local officials say they are still waiting for more information on the change.
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The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas spoke out against the Trump administration’s Big Bend area border wall plans this week while campaigning in West Texas, calling the wall a "monument to corruption.” -
A recent lawsuit claims border agencies violated the federal Rivers and Harbors Act as part of the Trump administration’s plan for a border wall through the Big Bend region. The Department of Homeland Security responded by waiving that law, so it doesn’t have to follow it. -
Over the Independence Day weekend, Kerrville gathered beneath the cypress trees along the Guadalupe River to remember those it lost, honor those who answered the call and celebrate the resilience of a community continuing to heal. -
Hudspeth County officials entered into an agreement with Barnard Construction this week that will allow the border wall contractor to use and improve two county roads leading to the Rio Grande. The vote revealed riffs in the broader community over whether to fight or comply with the advancing wall project.
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