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NEW BOOKS FOR THE WEEK: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Bad River by Marc Cameron Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier The Life Impossible by Matt Haig Peach Tea Smash by Laura Childs Capture or Kill: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Don Bentley by Vince Flynn The Winner by Teddy Wayne Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden by Bill O’Reilly We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston A Great Marriage by Frances Mayes You Belong with Me by Mhairi McFarlane What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena Fort Stockton Public Library 500 N Water St Fort Stockton, TX 79735 (432) 336-3374 .

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is releasing the final recovery plan for three endangered aquatic invertebrate species that inhabit springs within desert wetlands of the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas: the Diamond tryonia, Gonzales tryonia and Pecos amphipod.

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The Fort Stockton Rotary’s Cruise Party turned out to be larger than the previous year and was deemed “a huge success” by those who attended. Darla Cude took home the grand prize, a $3,500 cruise of her choice, while the crowd enjoyed a steak tenderloin dinner, then dancing to the music of DJ Duli Jase.

I don’t think anyone has wrapped their head around thismilestone.TimandIlive on a 9O acre working hay farm in New England with loads of wildlife (Turkeys, geese, deer, coyote, rabbits, red tailed hawks and two bears) so we won’t be able to make it this year but wish the very best to all of you who can.

The Pecos County Elections Office is reminding all residents that the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming November 2024 General Election is fast approaching. The last day to register is Monday, October 7, 2024.

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The Fort Stockton City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, September 23. During this week’s meeting the council received the Fort Stockton Police Department report from Chief of Police Ernesto Velasquez.