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Capital Highlights: Panic buttons, locked doors for Texas schools

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Texas public schools would have to install panic buttons in classrooms and ensure all doors and windows are locked and monitored under new proposed safety standards released last week by the Texas Education Agency.

The proposal is the latest effort to strengthen school safety after 19 children and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde last May in the state’s deadliest school shooting.

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Pecos County Public Sentencings - October 2022

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*Adan Flores Acosta, Jr., DOB 11/25/1978, offense date 6/17/2020 (CR-23974, unlawful carrying of weapon) defendant plead guilty to time served one (1) day in the county jail.

*Adan Flores Acosta, Jr., DOB 11/25/1978, offense date 11/29/2020 (CR-24241, unlawful carrying of weapon) defendant plead guilty to time served two (2) days in the county jail.

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PCMH Health Fair set for Nov. 5

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Pecos County Memorial Hospital’s “Fall into Better Health” Fair 2022 takes place Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.-Noon at the Fort Stockton Convention Center. Flu shots will be available for $30 (cash or check only). There is no charge for those who present a Medicare card. Free health screenings and free education programs will be available, as well as door prizes.
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FSCT to host Story to Health Workshop

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A free Story to Health workshop will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 1-3 p.m. at the FMH Meeting Hall of Fort Stockton Community Theatre. Peoples’ stories are a powerful influence on life choices. Sharing personal stories is a way to improve wellness. The theme of the event will be built around experiences of gratitude, as gratitude is a powerful influencer of health backed by tradition and science. The Story to Health workshop will be facilitated by Dijo John, Senior Director of the Rural and Community Engagement Division of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center- Permian Basin. His division manages the Medicine on the Move program – a mobile health initiative to engage communities for better health. Dijo has graduatelevel training in pharmacy, public health, and management.
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Lancium’s Fort Stockton Facility Qualifies as ERCOT Controllable Load Resource

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Lancium, Inc., an energy technology and infrastructure company that advances the decarbonization and stability of the electric power grid, today announced the company’s Fort Stockton, Texas Clean Campus has been qualified as a “Controllable Load Resource” (CLR) by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). As a CLR, large power users can reduce their energy costs by dynamically avoiding periods of high prices while simultaneously providing highly desired grid stability services.