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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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Mark Schiefelbein/APThe decision comes two months after President Donald Trump met with Xi Jinping, potentially warming ties ahead of Xi's expected U.S. visit. -
AP/Treasury DepartmentPresident Trump's face will appear on a new commemorative coin honoring the nation's 250th birthday. It's one of the many unusual places his likeness has popped up this year.
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This week's floods came just after the anniversary of some of the worst flooding in state history. -
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.
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