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Your guide to local places to go and things to do! If you have an event for our Do Something! listing, please e-mail summer.mccloskey@fortstocktonpioneer.com FEB 19TH Karaoke Night @ Joe’s Place 7:00pm FEB 18TH Wine’d Up Wednesdays w/ Live Music @ The Grey Mule Saloon 7:00pm-10:00pm FEB 19TH Historical Society Banquet 6:00pm – 9:00pm FEB 20TH Meet & greet Emilie Feyre Natividad @ Belding Desert Pines Golf Course 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm FEB 21ST Fort Stockton Film Society Presents: Gran Torino 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm 102 S. Nelson St FEB 22ND KPOP Warriors @ Fort Stockton Convention Center Don’t miss the K-POP Warriors performing live at the Fort Stockton Convention Center! 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm & 5:00 pm – 7:00pm FEB 26TH Annual Chamber Banquet Pecos County Civic Center, 1618 Airport Dr, Fort Stockton, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm.

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This week, several Fort Stockton students spread love for Valentine’s Day. The school shared a post, “Friday, February 13, was a beautiful example of what makes Fort Stockton so special.

The landscape of the Chihuahuan Desert is about to get a spirited new addition. On Monday, February 9 owners Richard and Margaret Lonquist officially kicked off construction for the Tall Texan Distillery’s new tasting room. The groundbreaking ceremony marks a significant milestone for Sanderson, as the distillery prepares to become a local “triple threat” by offering sotol, beer, and wine.

The Pecos County Commissioners Court convened on February 9, to navigate a dense agenda ranging from ambitious grant proposals to critical water well maintenance and multi-million dollar community partnerships. The session highlighted the county’s efforts to balance future growth with immediate regulatory compliance and fiscal responsibility.

The “Meet the Candidate” forum saw an incredible “standing room only” turn-out on January 27.

With early voting set to begin next week, Pecos County residents recently gathered for a “Meet the Candidates” forum to hear from those vying for local offices in the upcoming primary election. The event, moderated by Democratic County Chair Albert Bales and Republican County Chair Die Stigler, provided a platform for candidates to present their qualifications and answer pressing questions from the community.

The Fort Stockton Inter-governmental Recreation Board moved to tighten administrative oversight and modernize its 30-year-old governing framework during a special meeting Wednesday, marking a major step in the department’s reorganization. The recent board meeting focused on revising local bylaws to grant the city manager administrative oversight of the recreation director, a move intended to streamline payments to vendors and officials.

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A long-lost cemetery out in the mesquites and scrub brush of Pecos County has earned the designation of “Historic Texas Cemetery” from the Texas Historical Commission. The Buena Vista cemetery contains the graves of Hispanic workers who provided the labor for the community of Buena Vista, a little town that started as a land development in the early 1900s.