January 2021

On Jan. 16 Texas State Senator, Dist.

The burn ban in Pecos County was officially lifted on Saturday, Jan. 23 after a 180-day span of the ban being in place.

Every five years, groundwater regulators in Texas set policy and philosophy for managing the aquifers in their jurisdictions, and that is happening now in Pecos County.

We all know Texas is the best - but our numbers prove it. Texas is one of the fastest growing states in the U.S. and, if the state were treated as a country, it would have the 10th largest economy in the world. These trends are not accidents.

Andrés “La Borrega” Nevarez entró en descanso el 21 de enero de 2021. Nació el 10 de mayo de 1954, hijo de Refugio Nevarez y Claudia Casares.

Romelia Sanchez Armendariz, 87, of Fort Stockton, Texas, peacefully passed away on Jan. 24, 2021, at her residence.

Jean Huckabee Holder, 84, passed away on Jan. 9, 2021 in Odessa, Texas.

Alexandro Marcelo Ramirez, known to many as Big Al or Fred, entered into rest on Jan. 15, 2021.

PANTHERS FRESHMAN 37 MONAHANS 35 AJ Granado led the Fort Stockton Panthers freshman basketball team to victory against Monahans on Friday, Jan. 22, scoring a team-high 13 points in 37-35 win.

Buena Vista’s winning streak stayed intact and the Lady Longhorns unblemished district record remained perfect via a pair of dominant victories on Saturday and Monday. The Longhorns downed Sanderson in an away contest on Saturday 51-19.