Pecos County Memorial Hospital could soon decide the avenue they will take to compensate for a significant budget deficit they are currently facing.

The PCMH Board will hold a joint meeting with the Pecos County Commissioners on Aug. 11 in the hospital’s regular board room with representatives from Waller Landsden Dortch & Davis, LLP.

The law firm will present advice regarding the creation of a hospital district and an election required to set the action in motion.

The Fort Stockton volleyball program broke through the proverbial district barrier a season ago under first-year head coach Gabrielle Harral, winning district contests for the first time in five years.

Now the bar moves a notch higher heading into year two of the Harral era.

“The girls kind of know who I am now and it’ll get them to buy into how I run the program,” Harral explained. “I’m so excited for this year because they know what I expect.”

Another one of Fort Stockton’s very own is taking the helm of an athletic program at the high school level.

Fort Stockton native and 1984 FSHS graduate Lea Daggett was named the Fort Stockton head girls basketball coach last week.

Daggett joins head football coach and athletic director Jeremy Hickman as natives of Fort Stockton/FSHS graduates that were hired as head coaches of Fort Stockton High School athletic programs in the past 60 days.

The second annual Tiny Tot Track Meet was held on July 30 at the Fort Stockton Middle School track. Over 40 youngsters, 6 years old or younger, competed during the event.