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Permian Basin Area Foundation is pleased to announce $1,190,753 in scholarship awards for the 2023-2024 academic school year. The Foundation celebrates more than 400 scholars primarily from communities throughout West Texas. These scholarships were made possible by generous donors to the Foundation’s scholarship funds. Since its inception, PBAF has awarded scholarships totaling more than $7.5 million to students pursuing their higher education aspirations. Permian Basin Area Foundation is proud to provide services to these students and honor the donors’ legacies throughout West Texas. Recipients awarded from the Foundation’s scholarship funds for the upcoming academic year are as follows: COYANOSA

The number of Fort Stockton Volunteer Firefighters who work in Coyanosa has prompted the recommendation by Pecos County to add a substation of the Fort Stockton Fire Department to the Coyanosa area. “They’ve got about six or seven employees who work in the Coyanosa area,” said county judge Joe Shuster.

Shoppers looking for Burkes Outlet might have noticed a change at the Fort Stockton location over the past several months. Burkes Outlet made the switch to ‘bealls’ in May as part of a company re-branding of the 600 Bealls Outlet and Burkes locations in 23 states.

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The economic outlook is good for Fort Stockton and Pecos County, according to Economic Development Director Remie Ramos. Ramos gave his quarterly report to the Fort Stockton City Council on Monday and said that while the number of jobs in the county increased between April and June, unemployment also increased slightly. The unemployment rate is up at the state, Federal and regional level, as well, Ramos said.

The Pecos County Memorial Hospital (PCMH) and Fort Stockton Independent School District (FSISD) are working together to make sure students have the opportunity to receive their required vaccinations before school starts on Monday, Aug. 14.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn. yorks@fortstocktonpioneer.

The Fort Stockton Film Society is hosting “date night” with a showing of the “national movie of Texas”, Giant on Saturday, July 29 at 7 p.m. As an added feature, there will be a classic Warner Brothers cartoon screened just before the main feature.

Speakers to discuss weather, beef cattle topics The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Sandhills Beef Cattle Conference will take place Aug. 5 at the Ward County Events Center, 1525 Monahans Parkway in Monahans.