The Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Investment Advisory Committee approved $50 million for the year 2013 tobacco settlement distribution, the same as the previous year’s amount. According to the distribution report published by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), 158 counties received just under $6 million in reimbursements. Under the terms of a historic […]
Monuments of Justice: Hudspeth County Courthouse
County Seat: Sierra Blanca * County Population: 3,476 (2010 U.S. Census)
Hudspeth County’s one and only courthouse was erected in 1919 in a Mediterranean style as designed by Buetell and Hardie. This temple of justice, the only adobe courthouse in the Lone Star State, has walls some 18 inches thick and is listed as a National Register Property. Formed from El Paso County, Hudspeth […]
From the Back of an Ambulance to the Front of the Courtroom
Judge Brings First-Hand Knowledge to the Table When it comes to her views on health care, Hudspeth County Judge Becky Dean-Walker can recall several defining moments. For instance, her stance on health care and volunteerism was inspired in the early 1980s when she stopped to offer help at the scene of a serious car […]
Getting to Know…Hudspeth County Judge Becky Dean-Walker
Becky Dean was born in Carlsbad, N.M., on Flag Day, June 14, 1955. Raised in the Guadalupe Mountains on a sheep ranch, she lived her early years in a little two-room house built by her daddy, who hauled water in his truck for not only household use, but also to feed the family’s sheep. Five […]
Heritage Tourism Trails
The Texas Historical Commission (THC) designated the Texas Mountain Trail Region and the Texas Tropical Trail Region as the seventh and eighth areas to participate in the agency’s regional tourism initiative, the Texas Heritage Trails Program. Acceptance into the program begins the state-assisted development and promotion of the area as a heritage tourism destination. “Heritage […]
