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The Fort Stockton City Council will meet this Monday, June 22, to address a variety of community matters ranging from law enforcement transitions to local zoning requests. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the council chambers located at 121 West Second Street.

The Fort Stockton City Council moved forward with more than $1 million in infrastructure expenditures and advanced plans for a community fitness initiative during its regular meeting on Monday, June 8. In a series of major financial authorizations, the council approved two significant payments to Triun, LLC for ongoing utility work.

The next Pecos County Commissioners Court meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. next Monday at the Pecos County Courthouse, 103 W.

The Fort Stockton GED program is proud to recognize the following students who recently earned their GED and participated in the Midland College Adult Basic Education and Literacy graduation ceremony: Raylene Mata, Selina Vargas, Andres Fierro, Lizette Rodriguez, Geneva Ripley, Briseyra Salas, and Briza Ajanel.

An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST Monday, June 22, 2026, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Nelson Street Theatre (102 S. Nelson Street). Those auditioning should arrive at 1:15 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Most of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.

When a group of civic-minded women gathered a small collection of books in 1911 and made them available from the home of the Social Improvement Club’s secretary, they likely could not have imagined the lasting impact their efforts would have on Fort Stockton and Pecos County. What began as a modest community library grew in 1928 when the Magno Jusi Study Club raised funds to establish a city library.

SUMMITING TEXAS

On Tuesday, the Trump Administration and the Department of Homeland Security continued to bypass a multitude of environmental laws to expedite the construction of border barriers and roads through Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. This move marks a historic move by the federal government in discarding wide-ranging environmental laws that include the National Park Service Organic Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act inside a national park.