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It’s not every day you see an artist standing in the grass painting a giant roadrunner, but that’s exactly what happened here in Fort Stockton on March 22. Soaking up the sun, painter Shea Daniel-Youngblood spent a few hours painting Paisano Pete outside the Chamber of Commerce Visitor’s Center.

Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group recently appointed Peter Valenzuela, MD, MBA, as Chief Medical Officer. As CMO, Valenzuela will oversee all aspects of clinical care delivery for the Medical Group, and provide strategic leadership to provide high-quality, patient-centric care in the Sacramento, Calif., region. This includes the performance, recruitment, engagement, and wellness of the 480 primary and specialty care clinicians with Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group. He will be responsible for patient safety, satisfaction and overall quality of clinical care.

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Dear Neil: These shrubs were trimmed back last fall to allow for new growth. They survived the winter and dry spells, but now we see that they’re covered with these white specks. What are they? Will they damage the plants? What should we do?

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Pecos County reached it’s lowest point since the start of the pandemic a year ago this past week. It was reported on March 30 that there were no active cases in the county and only four pending tests.

The Fort Stockton Independent School District’s search for a new superintendent took an important step forward on Tuesday as a list of 45 candidates was reduced to six after a unanimous vote by the school board at the group’s special meeting.

Fort Stockton’s Andy Rivera, right, pulls his son off a sheep during the mutton busting competition at the Comanche Springs Rodeo on March 26 Photo by Nathan Heuer.

The Pecos County Commissioners decided at their regular meeting on March 22 that’ll they’ll need to make a budget adjustment in order to accept a bid for the new Coyanosa Community Center. The county’s funds for the project were approximately $600,000 short of the cost of the lowest bidder’s bid due to a lack of pilot payments from solar farms in last year.