September 2024

Marfa – This past weekend, generational locals of Marfa were joined by their community and official government representatives for a ribbon cutting which officially marked the introduction of the Blackwell School into the National Historic Site record.

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Drought is a prolonged absence or marked deficiency of precipitation, and as of September 2024 most of the Trans-Pecos is in either severe, extreme, or exceptional drought.

Last week, local businesses gathered at the Fort Stockton Community Theatre for the Texas Treasure Business Awards to honor their time in the community.

July 30, 1931 - September 8, 2024 Mary Lou Maxwell Prosise, of Fort Stockton, has entered into eternal rest at the age of 93. She was surrounded by her loving daughters as she took her final breaths and went to be with her Lord and Savior.

Irene was born in Ft. Stockton, Texas to Joe and Asteria Hernandez on August 17, 1972. She went to school in Ft. Stockton and graduated from Ft. Stockton High School in 1991.

This weekend, over 60 descendants of Encarnacion Lara Nuñez, return home to Ft. Stockton for a historic family reunion.

The Pecos County Elections Office is hosting an open house to celebrate National Voter Registration Day and to help prepare voters for the upcoming election. Recently, the Election Office has moved its post from their old location to the Pecos County Annex building located at 200 S.

Fort Stockton’s neighborhood thrift store, El Buen Vecino will host Lotería games during the upcoming Barrio Fest in downtown Fort Stockton on Saturday, September 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Games will cost $1 per card, with a limit of two cards per game.

The Fort Stockton City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, September 9. During this meeting the council opened a public hearing for the budget and tax rate.