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Big Bend Sentinel
Published September 11Public information, free speech rights go hand in hand
It takes time and energy to keep a close watch on our government, but it’s our right as citizens. Really, it’s a duty. Transparency laws along with liberties granted by the U.S. Constitution help us do the job. Access to public information and free speech go hand in hand. We…
Big Bend Sentinel
Published September 11Head of Homeland Security was a no-show for planned meeting with county judges
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin had invited border county judges to a Wednesday meeting to discuss border wall projects, but he didn’t show up, instead leaving staff members to have the discussion. “It was the same old same old,” Brewster County Judge Greg…
Big Bend Sentinel
Published September 10City official: Wall contractor closes Highway 90 in Alpine after his truck smashes railroad bridge
ALPINE — A Brownsville man working as a border wall subcontractor was arrested Tuesday after his truck trailer loaded with a small excavator smashed into the railroad bridge on Highway 90 heading into Alpine, according to reports from the city of Alpine Mayor Catherine Eaves and…