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Springhirst renovation gains likelihood

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Economic development incentives are a way to encourage quality development, and the Texas PACE – Property Assessed Clean Energy program – is a financial tool to encourage property owners to upgrade facility infrastructure with little or no capital outlay.
The renovation of the former Springhirst Hotel, located in downtown Fort Stockton on Main Street., gained momentum with the likelihood of the PACE program being approved. File Photo

Basketball pavilion a possibility at middle school campus

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As Kevin Costner once said in the 1989 film Field of Dreams, “if you build it, they will come.” Fort Stockton ISD School Board President Billy Espino iterated those words in reference to the possibility of a basketball pavilion being built at the middle school campus. Board member Andy Rivera introduced the idea to superintendent Dr.
The current fenced-in vegetation, just west of the Fort Stockton Middle School campus, is considered an eye sore to many and could be replaced by a basketball pavilion if the school board decides to move in that direction. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Hit and run suspected in city fatality

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A Fort Stockton man found dead Saturday morning on a roadway inside of city limits was believed to have been killed in a hit-and-run incident, according to the Fort Stockton Police Department. FSPD identified the man on Tuesday as 52-year-old Rogelio Martinez Leyva, who was a resident of Fort Stockton.
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