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A total of seven

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A total of seven Pecos County elected officials were sworn into office on Friday, Jan. 1 at the Pecos County Courthouse. To view the ceremony, visit the Fort Stockton Pioneer Facebook page. Photos by Nathan Heuer
A total of seven

Gonzales sworn in as U.S. Representative for TX-23

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Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) released the following statement after being sworn in as the U.S. Representative for the 23rd Congressional District of Texas: “My life is proof that the American dream is alive and well in this great country.
Gonzales sworn in as U.S. Representative for TX-23

Snow in the city

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Ana Munoz submitted a photo to the Fort Stockton Pioneer after the county received significant snowfall overnight on Dec. 30 into Dec.
Snow in the city

PCMH gives 500 virus vaccines

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By the end of the day on Monday, Jan. 4, Pecos County Memorial Hospital had administered its final supply of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine it received from the state during the month of December.

No one injured in mobile home fire

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A pair of mobile homes combined into one were fully engulfed in flames on Wednesday, Dec. 30 in Fort Stockton at 227 Bishop St despite the frigid rainfall occurring during the time the fire started.
The Fort Stockton Fire Department works to put out a fire of a combined trailer at 227 Bishop St. in Fort Stockton around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday Dec. 30. (Photo by Nathan Heuer)

NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN

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Pecos County native TJ Perkins was sworn in as the county’s new sheriff by Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster on Friday, Jan. 1 at the Pecos County Courthouse in Fort Stockton. The 1987 Fort Stockton High School graduate has worked his entire career with the Pecos Sheriff’s Office, working his way ranks from a county jailer to his new position that he was elected for this past election in an uncontested race. (Photo by Nathan Heuer)
NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN

Pecos County People

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In one of the darker times of his life, Eli Carrasco Ponce did not think of himself and his terminal diagnosis. The 39-year-old, who was going to turn 40 on Dec.
Eli Carrasco Ponce (Contributed Photo)
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