July 2021

The Fort Stockton ISD school board approved numerous changes to the school calendar at Monday's school board meeting, including a change to a nine-week grading period after previously having six-week grading periods, and giving the students a day off after the Super Bowl.

The FSISD partnered with the National Guard to provide free Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to students, parents, and the community on Tuesday, Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m at the Special Events Center at FSHS. Ages 12 and up can receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot.

The Permian Strategic Partnership announced on July 27 an initiative to provide professional grant writing, management, and training expertise to local governments, school districts, and non-profits in rural West Texas counties to strengthen their ability to successfully compete for state, federal,...

Helping landowners make the best decisions about how to effectively steward their properties is a key focus for the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University. That’s why BRI is helping to bring a special workshop to West Texas.

The Pecos County Commissioners Court is set to vote on the 2022 budget and tax rate next month. The estimated total tax rate, according to the budget summary, is 0.755 per $100 valuation compared to this year’s rate of 0.07074.

Becoming a world champion boxer has long been in the sights of Fort Stockton born boxer Abel Mendoza. The longtime Pecos resident, who is currently training out of Odessa and Midland, started his boxing career at 8-years-old.

Roy Dee Armstrong, age 87, of Fort Stockton, Texas, died Tuesday, July 13, 2021, following a lengthy illness. He passed away in the loving arms of his wife Althea (Ali) Lannom Armstrong at his home in Fort Stockton.

Ramon P. “Monchie” Garcia left us to be in the loving arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on July 21, 2021, at the age of 89. He was born on Sept. 24, 1931, in Ft Stockton to Feliciano Nunez Garcia and Eglentina Pacheco.

The Fort Stockton ISD school board meeting will cover numerous important items involving the upcoming school year at their meeting on July 26 at 7 p.m. at the district’s administrative building.