March 2021

None injured in ambulance fire

On March 22 at approximately 2 p.m., a Pecos County EMS ambulance caught fire while transporting a patient to another EMS entity who was waiting for them at Ward County Hospital in Monahans.
The Monahan’s Volunteer Fire Department works to put out the fire started on the front passenger side of a Pecos County EMS ambulance on March 22 in Monahans. Photo courtesy of The Monahans News

LOOKING BACK - March 1993

March March 18, 1993 issue: COUNTRY ADDRESS OPENING celebration was held on March 13. New owner Joyce Childs was assisted by her granddaughter, Lyndsey Childs in cutting the blue ribbon supplied by the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce.
LOOKING BACK

Gonzales announces $3.3 million in grants

U.S. Congressman, Dist. 23, Tony Gonzales last week announced over $3.3 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for health center clusters in the Texas 23rd District.

The Bible really is necessary

After looking at the first three letters of the SCAN (sufficiency, clarity, authorityand necessity) acronym used to describe the characteristics of the Bible, we will finish by looking at reality that the Bible is necessary.
The Bible really is necessary

Burn ban back in place

Pecos County Emergency Management Coordinator Jessie Dominguez and the county commissioners decided to put the bum ban back into effect at the group’s regular meeting on March 22. The bum ban was lifted on Jan.

5 notable buildings built by John Oates

In Volume 2 of Pecos County History, John Oates’ daughters, Ruth and Mary Elizabeth, wrote of his coming to Fort Stockton, and of the buildings C.S. and John Oats Construction erected in Texas and New Mexico.

COVID-19 active cases stay low in Pecos County

Two weeks after Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order went into effect, COVID-19 active cases continue to stay low in Pecos County. Pecos County had six active cases on March 10 - the day the order started - and number has gone no higher than eight since that time.