October 2023

Dana Kathleen Lee Scott Warden

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Dana Kathleen Lee Scott Warden was born on June 11, 1956, in Shreveport, Louisiana. She passed away on Oct. 28, 2023, in Seattle, Washington.

Dana was preceded in death by her parents, James W Lee and Billie Gray Oliffe Lee, and

by her husband, Gary Warden.

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Carlos Ortega

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Our beloved Carlos Ortega, Jr, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the age of 44.

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Cactus Health provides community outreach services

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Cactus Health in Fort Stockton is more than just a community health clinic. Founded in 2003, Cactus Health began serving Fort Stockton in 2004 with primary and preventative health care, oral healthcare, mental health, and substance abuse services to individuals of all ages regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Cactus Health recently began a community outreach program, which expands the services offered to surrounding communities.

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County tables bid approval for EMS additions

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Repairs and a remodel of the Pecos County EMS building will take a bit longer after the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court tabled action on the lone bid received during Monday morning’s 30-minute-long commissioner’s meeting. The only bid received and opened Oct. 12 was from OPREX Construction of Lubbock for a $2.6 million base bid, an alternate bid of $98,500 was received for air conditioning in the ambulance bays.
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History comes alive at Historic Fort Stockton

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The Jumano Nation and Lipan Apache Band of Texas, in full native dress, provided a taste of their culture to school children from Fort Stockton and surrounding areas on Friday morning at Historic Fort Stockton. Pecos Brad Newton gives a presentation to Fort Stockton Intermediate School students during Friday’s Living History Days at Historic Fort Stockton.

HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT HISTORIC FORT STOCKTON

School Board honors Students of the month, renames middle school gym

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The Fort Stockton Middle School gym will soon have a new name, born from tragedy but memorializing a studentathlete whose name will forever be remembered. The Fort Stockton Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday night voted unanimously to name the middle school gym in memory of Donavyn Vaughn, an eighth grader who passed away in 2020 and who would have been a senior this school year.
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