December 2022

The newly built Taco Bell in Fort Stockton held a ribbon cutting today with the chamber of commerce. Taco Bell will open at 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 29 Initial business hours will be from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. General Manager Juan Rios said that they plan to potentially expand business hours in the future.

An arctic storm that swept through the state bringing low temperatures and high winds also affected roughly two-thirds of the country’s population, according to the National Weather Service, bringing the coldest Christmas in decades to parts of the country.

Fort Stockton-native Rolando “Ronnie” Chavez was recently honored by the city for serving as a Fort Stockton volunteer firefighter for 30 years, celebrating a long and storied career serving the citizens of Fort Stockton.