March 2021

Game room closes

The Ocean King game room at 315 N Main St. was shutdown following joint inspections late Friday night by city Code Enforcement and the Fort Stockton Police Department.

USDA offers assistance for winter storm damage

In response to the winter storms that hit Texas in February, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering farmers and ranchers technical and financial assistance to repair and replace certain damaged conservation practices.
USDA offers assistance for winter storm damage

The Bible is sufficient

In the month of April, I would like to look at four essential characteristics that the Bible displays and speaks about itself in regard to being the very Spirit-breathed Word of God. The four characteristics we will be looking at are sufficiency, clarity, authority, and necessity.
The Bible is sufficient

Personalize your plate

The theme for National Nutrition Month is Personalize Your Plate. March is National Nutrition Month. Creating nutritious meals is important when planning what you want to eat.
Personalize your plate

ETHNIC TRADITIONS

Examples of healthful menus items from ethnic traditions that follow the MyPlate recommendations include: • CHINESE: Stir-fried chicken and vegetables such as bok choy, snap peas, carrots, and bean sprouts; brown rice; and a dish of lychee fruit. • ITALIAN: Minestrone (a tomato-based soup with...

County ahead of vaccine curve

In the state of Texas, 7.1 percent of the population had been fully vaccinated by either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 shot heading into Wednesday, and just over 13 percent of the population had at least one dose.
vaccine

PECOS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION MONTH

The month of March this year was proclaimed as Pecos County Historical Commission Month by Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster by the way of a proclamation read at the commission’s regular meeting on Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Rollins-Sibley House in Fort Stockton.
PECOS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION MONTH

Magdaleno “Leno” Rios

Magdaleno “Leno” Rios passed away on Feb. 28, 2021, at the age of 69. He was born on Sept. 20, 1951, in Fort Stockton, Texas, to Magdaleno Fierro Rios and Antonia Gonzales Rios. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Fidel Rios, and sister Santos Gonzales.
Magdaleno “Leno” Rios