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Big Bend Sentinel
Published 23 minutes agoMarfa ISD Sports Report: September 15, 2026
Shorthorns bid for 3-0 falls short Shorthorn Athletics had a week’s worth of traveling as they competed against Buena Vista, Fort Davis, Balmorhea and finally closed the week off with a cross-country meet in Alpine. Marfa’s varsity volleyball team had a strong performance against…
Big Bend Sentinel
Published 37 minutes agoBallroom hosts free screening of ‘Handmade Future’
Documentary explores the challenges of artisans from 6 countries Ballroom Marfa will hold a free showing of Handmade Future, a beautiful new documentary about handmade craft facing an uncertain future in our increasingly industrialized world. The screening will take place on…
Big Bend Sentinel
Published 1 hour agoCharges dismissed against accused husband in Marfa teacher’s murder case
Defendant says he was told new DNA evidence cleared him Murder charges were dropped today in the case of Daniel Merrill Sullivan, who was accused of stabbing his wife Sophia Sullivan to death in their Fort Davis home in March of 2016. “My attorney told me that DNA evidence had…
Big Bend Sentinel
Published 7 hours agoMcCanless doubles role at district, district doubles-down on college readiness
MARFA—New Marfa ISD Superintendent Stephen McCanless is now also taking on the role as the district’s junior high/high school principal. In early September, the Marfa ISD community was issued a memo about the change.
Big Bend Sentinel
Published September 11Landowners set for legal announcement regarding border wall on Monday
Conserve Big Bend, the umbrella nonprofit behind the No Big Bend Wall initiative, set a press conference for 10 a.m. Monday at the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa to “announce a significant legal development in the ongoing effort to stop border wall and infrastructure…
Big Bend Sentinel
Published September 08Awesome Street serves up a new take on a beverage lounge
Anthony DeSimone is no stranger to the streets of Marfa, Texas. DeSimone, along with his friend Alex Marks, visited Marfa in the summer of 2007, which would, unbeknownst to DeSimone, be his future home. The pair spent the night right around the corner from what would become…