High. Desert. Life.
Unlike the feds in Washington, DC, Presidio County swore in a new government this week. On Tuesday (1.03.22), County officials, including judges and commissioners) took their oaths of office in front of family and friends. Marfa Giant has the photos.
MARFA – The scene was reminiscent of the infamous Pig Girl incident. An SUV burned early this morning on North…
MARFA – How would inmates in solitary describe their experiences? Texas Letters Project publisher Damascus James will be showing letters…
MARFA – Gut Feelings, an exhibition from Idaho-born, Marfa-based painter Rhonda Manley is set to open at 6pm on Saturday, December 3 at Hey I Like It Here at Hotel Saint George.
In Marfa, snow is spectacle. And, Thanksgiving weekend delivered just enough powder for some adventures about town–as well as some warmth at home. Marfa G’s J.D. Garcia and hist trusty polaroid captured some of the scenes.
Keeping track of ‘who’s open and when’ is hard on a normal day in Marfa. During holidays, it’s darn difficult. Fortunately, we’ve assembled this handy list of businesses in town and their planned hours for Thanksgiving weekend.
In less than a year serving on City Council, Jason Ballmann left a significant mark on Marfa. Ballmann received vocal community praise resulting from his advocacy of transparency, fire department funding, and the regulation of the short term rental market. However, in a surprise announcement on Saturday (11.19), Ballmann announced his resignation from the body due to a forthcoming job-related relocation.
The first quake was logged around 3:32pm and registered 5.3 on the Richter Scale at its epicenter, 37 miles west-southwest of Mentone, reported the agency. The seismic waves extended to Marfa where they peaked around a 3.4.
Digging through a recently discovered trove of writings from Marfa’s lost legend Dirk Von Amsterdam, we happened across this rare…
In Presidio County, a blue wave swept the ballot boxes. Democrats, including David Beebe, Joe Portillo, and Frances Garcia, won…
