February 2024

Long Fellow Road will soon see improvements after the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court voted to add it to the Pecos County CTIF Grant Project List. CTIF – County Transportation Infrastructure Fund – granted Pecos County a little more than $5 million, “So that we can improve more roads than what the county can afford,” said County Judge Joe Shuster. “To keep them up to date either by caliche or by pavement. This is all done by legislature, so we’re thinking that they’re probably going to offer that to us in the next legislature, too.”

The new 2024 Miss Rodeo USA is Kaelanne Quinonez, now 26. She started her rodeo queen journey as Miss Santa Maria Elks Rodeo 2020 and took the title Miss Rodeo Comanche Springs 2023 to go on to the Miss Rodeo USA 2024 pageant.

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The ongoing saga of a new Agricultural Sciences “Ag Barn” facility for Fort Stockton High School made its way to city hall last Thursday, as those for and against a new facility filled the council chambers for the regularly scheduled city council meeting. The item was listed under “Presentations” on the agenda, which means the item was not up for a vote by the council.

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It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

GARDENER’S MAILBAG Dear Neil: What is the ideal freestone peach tree variety? It will vary with the part of the state where you’re gardening. I’m going to refer you to the Texas A&M Fact Sheet on peaches (http://tinyurl.

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The Fort Stockton High School Panther and Prowler golf teams made an impressive showing at the Fort Stockton Invitational. A total of 23 Panther and Prowler kids participated in the golf tournament, proudly representing our community on the course.

The Fort Stockton High School Panthers were on the road for their second scrimmage against the Sonora Broncos last Thursday. The Panthers started off slow as they could not put up any runs in three innings. The Panthers rallied, going with two outs in the top of fourth with Rey Navarrette hitting a triple to left field to bring two runners in to pull the Panthers to within a run at 3-2.