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City settles freeze utility debt

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Nearing the one-year anniversary of last year’s freeze in February, the City of Fort Stockton came to an agreement with West Texas Gas Marketing LLC for a utility rate spike that left the city with a $754,091.30 bill from last year’s catastrophic weather occurrence.
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City of Fort Stockton combats multiple water leaks

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The City of Fort Stockton’s water and wastewater departments joined forces last Friday as four infrastructure leaks were reported and repaired throughout the day. “We had four water leaks happen within eighteen hours,” said Interim Public Works Director Luis Guerra.
The City’s water and waste water employees repaired a water leak in 33-degree weather last Friday. The pictured leak behind the Mi Casita restaurant was one of four that occurred throughout the day. Photo by Jeremy Gonzalez

TSUS announces process for appointing interim president of Sul Ross

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The Texas State University System Administration has begun the process of identifying potential candidates to serve as interim president of Sul Ross State University upon President Pete Gallego’s departure at the end of the spring semester.

President Gallego previously announced he will leave the university June 4, 2022.

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Pecos-Terrell County FSA announces election results

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The Pecos-Terrell County U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced that Payden Ward of Sheffield and Kati Rogers of Fort Stockton were elected to represent their local administrative areas during the recent county committee election.

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Local data center trend continues

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Some places have Amazon or Google warehouses to bring an economic boost. As for Pecos County, the trend of data centers will continue to diversify the job market with a third facility planned to be completed by the end of this year.
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EDC discusses potential job fair in Fort Stockton

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Job seekers could expect to see a community job fair coming to Fort Stockton — but there are no concrete plans yet. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November 2021, which is a trend of numbers that is becoming known as the Great Resignation.
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Inmate Arrests Report - Pecos County Jail (Jan. 20-27)

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January 20

Samuel Lawrence Fuentes, of Fort Stockton at 1 p.m., officers from the Fort Stockton Police Department apprehended Fuentes on a warrant for assault causes bodily injury family violence. Fuentes received a $25,000 bond and is still in jail.

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COVID-19 cases show downward trend in county

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Pecos County reached an all-time high of 341 COVID-19 active cases on Jan. 12 as reported by the county’s emergency management coordinator Jessie Dominguez.

That number has since dropped to 205 active cases as of Jan. 24. Four people were reported to be hospitalized at Pecos County Memorial Hospital on Jan. 24 and four additional Pecos County residents were hospitalized at various healthcare facilities outside of the county.

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FSCT recruiting cast for upcoming musical melodrama

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Fort Stockton Community Theatre is looking for fun-loving men, women, boys, and girls to help celebrate FSCT’s 40th birthday

Actors of all ages are needed to star in “The Tragedy of Ragweed Cowboy Joe,” a musical melodrama written by I. E. Clark, to be performed March 17-20 at The Nelson Street Theatre.

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Fort Stockton man charged with intoxication manslaughter

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A Fort Stockton man is being charged with intoxication manslaughter after a two-car crash that killed two people on Jan. 22 according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Fort Stockton resident Enrique Enriquez, 39, was traveling west on FM 3472 in a Dodge Charger – just outside of Odessa City Limits – when he entered the eastbound lanes and collided head-on with another Dodge Charger at 11:50 p.m.

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