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Jan. 13, 1966 issue: HOSPITAL GIFT – The Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles last week presented a grouping of lounge furniture to Memorial Hospital. Howard Salisbury, hospital administrator, formally accepted the gift on behalf of the hospital. Auxiliary members pictured (L-R) are Mrs. Wayne Giles, conductress and project chairman; Mrs. Everett Carr, secretary; and Mrs. Gene Shackelford, vice president. Mrs. James Lauterbach, past president, was also present for ceremony. The furniture consists of four chairs and a table.

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

A community fixture since 1908, the Fort Stockton Pioneer last week changed hands and is now owned by JTM Newspapers. The company, owned by J.T.

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.

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)

The Fort Stockton boys basketball team put forth it’s most complete performance of the season on Tuesday, Jan. 5 when the Panthers hosted Mc- Camey.

When the clock struck midnight and the calendar officially moved from 2020 to 2021, Pam Harris and husband Cliff Harris began a new chapter in their lives after dedicating their entire working careers to Pecos County.

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.