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Abbott updates on state wildfire response efforts in Canadian

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Governor Abbott held a briefing with state and local officials and provided an update on Texas’ continued wildfire response efforts at a press conference in Canadian. “As Texas experiences the largest wildfire in the history of our state, we remain ready to deploy every available resource to ensure communities in the Panhandle have the help they need to stay safe and work their way towards recovery,” said Governor Abbott.
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DO SOMETHING!

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YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL PLACES TO GO AND THINGS TO DO Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail shawn.yorks@fortstocktonpioneer.com. MARCH 7-9 Fort Stockton High School varsity baseball at West Texas Classic.
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Archaeologists descend on ‘Oldest House’ in search of historical answers

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Fort Stockton’s ‘Oldest House,’ located at the corner of South Nelson and West Sherer Streets has long been considered the oldest building in Fort Stockton, dating to the mid-1850s. The crumbling Adobe structure – which the city built an aluminum roof over to preserve what’s left – has been listed as a tourist attraction, but the area is inaccessible and seldom visited. The actual age of the structure is in doubt, and a group of archaeologists descended on the structure Feb. 24 in hopes of finding clues to put those doubts to rest.
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City approves abandonment, replat for new Dollar General

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Fort Stockton will soon have a new Dollar General, and the city council took one more step to making it a reality by closing two alleyways and replating a little more than one acre of land (13,200 square feet) adjacent to Eighth Street, Park Street, Dickinson Blvd., and Alamo Street (the triangle intersection of Dickinson and U.S. 285). Property Owners Noel Ornelas Melendez and Erika Escontrias Rivera made the request, and the city held a public hearing in which no members of the public spoke before the council approved Ordinance 24-103.
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School board honors top February students, hears more about ag barn

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The Fort Stockton Independent School District held its regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 21 and honored five Students of the Month for the month of February. The five students were nominated by teachers at their respective campuses and received a certificate from the school board for their efforts. Juan Saldana began the recognition with Apache Elementary School Kindergarten student Sophia Cruz.
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Fort Stockton High School HOSA members headed to State Competition

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Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Fort Stockton High School Chapter will have seven Fort Stockton High School students attending the State Leadership Conference and Competition. Midland College Health Sciences Instructor Olivia Falcon serves as FSHS HOSA Chapter Advisor. Olivia has been working with the more than 30 students, who are either currently enrolled in dual credit Health Sciences courses, took classes in Fall 2023, or are currently in dual credit Nurse Aide or Pharmacy Technician courses with Midland College at the WRTTC that competed in online testing in November 2023. Six students advanced to Area completion in January. The HOSA Bowl team consisting of a team of four will compete in April at the State HOSA Competition in Galveston. Three additional students will attend the Leadership Conference portion of the conference representing Midland College and Fort Stockton High School for a total of seven students experiencing the networking of future healthcare professionals from across the State.