February 2026

Fort Stockton Pioneer.

The Fort Stockton High School Panthers opened their 2026 track and field season in record-breaking fashion Saturday at the 82nd Annual Comanche Relays, finishing second overall with 89 team points at Panther Stadium.

The Panthers and Prowlers of Fort Stockton ISD continue to log miles and meaningful rounds as the spring golf season moves deeper into tournament play. Under Head Coach Lea Daggett, Fort Stockton’s high school program has kept a full slate, competing in multiple varsity events across West Texas last week, including stops in Mc-Camey, Pecos, Lubbock and Iraan.

The Fort Stockton Prowlers continued their strong non-district stretch Tuesday night, February 24, defending home turf with a statement win over Big Spring as both junior varsity and varsity handled business in front of an energized crowd.

By the publication date of this week's edition of the Pioneer, Father Michael Wallens of St. Stephens Episcopal Church will have led those attending the first of this year's Lenten Luncheons through a consideration the first verses of the 12th Chapter of the gospel according to John, in the course of which a gathering of elders, chief priests and the ruling party in Jerusalem resolve to add the killing of a man named Lazarus to the killing of Jesus during that year's Passover season.

Aviation flight School and raising children I remember the day I decided to take flying lessons. That decision finally led me to enroll in a flight school.

“Lean on me/When you’re not strong/And I’ll be your friend/I’ll help you carry your Frisbee.” – apologies to Bill Withers. I was intrigued by a recent article by Margret Grebowicz, a philosophy professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, raising an alarm about Americans’ growing emotional dependency on their dogs.

Early voting in the March 3 primary ends on Friday, Feb. 27, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that Texas has 18.7 million registered voters for the primary.

In 2024, Sul Ross hosted its inaugural Water in the Desert Conference, inviting experts, legislators, and stakeholders to share their stories, work, and research on how to preserve a desert’s most precious resource: water.

For many, a cemetery is a place of finality and peace. But for the family of a local woman buried at East Hill Cemetery, that peace was shattered by a pile of dirt and a fresh hole where they expected a future family resting place to be.