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The Fort Stockton City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, February 10, at 5:30 p.m. at 121 West Second Street. The meeting covered a wide range of topics, including a public hearing, updated ordinances, and regular business items.

Blue Origin has secured a $7 million grant from the Texas Space Commission to enhance its horizontal first-stage booster engine test facility. The funding will enable the addition of subcooling capacity, allowing for the use of energy-dense propellants in the company’s New Glenn program. New Glenn, a reusable heavy-lift rocket, is central to Blue Origin’s longterm vision of expanding human and industrial activity in space.

The Pecos County Memorial Hospital District (PCMHD) Board of Directors convened on February 18, to discuss key issues affecting the hospital’s operations, finances, and policies. The meeting, held in the classroom at Pecos County Memorial Hospital, covered a range of topics, including financial reports, medical staff appointments, and critical policy updates.

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Hearty winter soup for those chilly evenings Despite afternoon temperatures being in the mid to high 70s in the Last Frontier lately, we’re technically still in the midst of winter. As most of us know, the south, and Texas in particular, does its own thing when it comes to seasonal weather.