July 2022

Ballistic film purchase approved

4 years ago By Nathan Heuer
All student-attended Fort Stockton ISD campuses will have an added layer of safety by the time the 2022-2023 school year starts. Ballistic film will be installed at the Apache, Alamo, intermediate, middle school, and high school campuses within the next four weeks.
The Fort Stockton Intermediate School will receive important protection from potential intruders/threats via ballistic film as numerous classrooms have windows facing the front of the campus on Second Street. Photo by Nathan Heuer

School Board of the Year

4 years ago By News Staff
The Fort Stockton Independent School District School Board was recognized as the Texas Rural Education Association School Board of the Year at the organization’s annual banquet on June 28. The event was held in Round Rock at the Kalahari Resort.
SCHOOL BOARD OF THE YEAR

Texas Water Trade unveils aquifer protection fund

4 years ago By News Staff
Texas Water Trade, a nonprofit organization established to enable the use of voluntary water transactions to benefit people and nature, has unveiled its first Aquifer Protection Fund to allow landowners to conserve their groundwater without losing ownership of it.
Comanche Springs fascinates many during the few months it fills the canal in Rooney Park and the Comanche Creek every year. Pictured is a group of attendees at the first ever SpringsFest event that was organized by Texas Water Trade on March 12 of this year. Photo by Nathan Heuer

BRI hosts international exchange

4 years ago By News Staff
The Borderlands Research Institute, housed at Sul Ross State University, hosted students from the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, a Mexican public university located in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Students visited with conservation agencies throughout the Big Bend, including the ranches of the Dixon Water Foundation in Marfa, to see the results of restoration projects.

Corn and avocado salad

4 years ago
It's Saturday night, and you’re still wracking your brain on what to make for the church social tomorrow. It is also summer, so those hearty casseroles that are usually the mainstay of a potluck social just won’t do.
Corn and avocado salad

Water Carnival rewind: 2021 division winners

4 years ago By News Staff
With the Water Carnival starting tomorrow, here's a look back at last year's division winners. See tomorrow's print and e-edition to see this year's contestants and the pictures below. Courtesy photos of J&B Photography.
From left to right: Runner-up Ysabella Sanchez, Miss Fort Stockton Gabriella Renteria, second runner-up Izabella Diaz.

Armando “Mundy” M. Villesca, Sr.

4 years ago By News Staff
Born and raised in Fort Stockton, Texas, Armando was class of 1976. “Mundy” attended Texas State Technical College in Sweetwater, Texas. While there, he met his wife, Joann.
Armando “Mundy” M. Villesca, Sr.

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