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The Fort Stockton Adult Leadership Program provides both professional and personal growth opportunities through education and experience for adults over the age of 18 in the community.

The Pecos County Sheriff’s Department will soon receive 25 new Axon Tasers in the amount of $20,000 for use by its deputies.  The item was approved in March but was amended at the April 10 Pecos County Commissioner’s Court meeting after the court previously approved $15,000.

The most challenging road race in the world is back this weekend.  The roar of engines speeding on Highway 285 is a sign of spring here in West Texas, just as sure as the thawing of land in the north, the start of the NBA playoffs, and Opening Day in baseball tell America that winter has concluded.

Fort Stockton’s city council, at its April 10 meeting, heard an update on the Blue Ridge Farms property the city owns off County Road 109.

The Texas House approved a $302 billion budget last week that included an amendment prohibiting the use of state money on private school tuition — a major setback to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to establish a school voucher system.