Since leaving his role in Fort Stockton as Pecos County Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Russell Tippin has always kept a place in his heart for the community and the people who live in it.

It’s a place where both of his kids were born and a location where he formed many close friendships over an 11-year period (1999-2010) that still stand to this day.

In 1868, Peter J. Gallagher bought the land that included the military garrison and Comanche Springs, platted 160 acres for a town site named Saint Gall, and established two stores at Comanche Springs. The Saint Gall area had first been surveyed in 1859 by Anson Mills of El Paso as a site for the original post. The platted subdivision shows “Initial Point Center of Plaza.” Zero Stone, in the center of the plaza, marks the base point for all surveys in what became Pecos County.

Pecos County Commissioners decided to follow suit with Governor Abbott’s executive order (GA-34) at the group’s regular meeting on Monday, March 8.

The Commissioners unanimously decided to make county facilities available for rent starting on Wednesday, March 10 – the date Abbott’s order went into effect.

Not one, not two, but three is the number of gold medals A.J. Garcia brought home from the Sandhills Relays on Friday, March 5.

The senior led the Panthers to their second consecutive team title in as many outings.

Garcia was a part of Fort Stockton’s three relay teams that swept the meet with first-place finishes while improving their times in each race. Garcia was one of nine Panthers to claim at least one gold medal as an individual or by being a leg on a relay team.