December 2021

Body The new $1.2 million Coyanosa Community Center will soon be open to public this upcoming year. Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster said at Monday’s commissioners meeting that the fa cility will likely be complete by the end of January and a grand opening will soon follow.

Body The Fort Stockton Insurance Agency will celebrate its 110-year anniversary with an open house social on Dec. 30 from 4-7 p.m. at their newly renovated office on 901 W. Dickinson Blvd.

Body An increase in base pay for staff at Pecos County Memorial Hospital could soon be finalized and go into effect in the early stages of 2022. The PCMH Board of Manag ers approved a competitive wage adjustment for new and current employees at their regular meeting on Dec.

Body Changes in quarantine time after testing positive for COVID-19 in Pecos County could soon be shorter. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that their guidelines for quarantine time changed from 10 days to five days due to the nature of Omicron variant.

Body New Years Day is quite possibly the most positive, forward-looking holiday we celebrate. We say goodbye to the past, and turn our attention to the good that the coming year promises.

Body Dear Neil: I applied a pre-emergent weedkiller the first week of September, but I still have this weed. What is it and what should I do now? This is rescuegrass, and your pre-emergent should have prevented it.

Body December 2000 issue: Templo Hossana Pentecostal Church on Sanderson Highway (285) has a new pastor. Johnny Almanza was appointed as the new pastor and has been leading the congregation since mid October.

Body Steve Oliver rolled into Fort Stockton looking as cool as a cucumber. Exiting his bright red Mercedes Sprinter wearing a cowboy hat and scarf, he said, “We’re headed out to Wolf Creek in Pagosa Springs, Colorado.”

Body Due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in the county, Pecos County Memorial Hospital and their family care clinics will not allow visitors. The policy is currently in effect and will last until posted otherwise; change “disinfected” to “disinfecting” in fourth graph.

Body Former Pecos County Memorial Hospital Board Members Dwayne Bonham and Delilia Urias were recognized for their years of service on the hospital board at the group’s regular meeting on Dec. 21 at PCMH.