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County receives new ambulance via grant funds

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Pecos County’s newest ambulance will be operation beginning next week according to Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster. Pecos County recently received $3,073,432 from the American Rescue Plan Act federal funds to use towards COVID related county services.
The Pecos County Commissioners, county judge, and EMS Director posed with the county’s new ambulance outside the Pecos County Courthouse before the commissioners regular meeting on May 9. Pictured from left to right: commissioner Robert Gonzales, county judge Joe Shuster, commissioner Santiago Cantu, commissioner Tom Chapman, EMS director Lucia Mackintosh Castro. Courtesy Photo

Film Society to screen “North by Northwest”

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The Fort Stockton Film Society is hosting date night with a showing of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, “North by Northwest” on Saturday, June 11, at 7 p.m. As an added feature, there will be a classic Warner Brothers cartoon screened just before the main feature.

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Gunman walked into school building unopposed

The gunman who killed 21 people inside a Uvalde elementary school walked into the unlocked building unopposed, the Department of Public Safety said in a revised statement, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman and other media sources.

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Documentary returns to Marfa

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Twenty-six years ago a documentary premiered at South by Southwest that showed what it was like to be on the set of the Warner Bros. classic “Giant” with James Dean, Liz Taylor, and Rock Hudson in Marfa. That summer of 1955 went on to inspire a stage play, a film, and a TV series.
James Dean Sits in a lawn chair on the Evans Ranch outside Marfa during the filming of “Giant” in 1955. Courtesy Photo

FSISD purchases non-CDL buses

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Due to the difficulty of recruiting and maintaining bus drivers for the school district with CDL’s, the Fort Stockton ISD School Board moved forward with the purchase of six buses that do not require the driver to have a CDL.
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Inmate Arrests Report – Pecos County Jail (May 25-31)

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May 25

Robert Anthony Garcia, of Fort Stockton at 7:30 p.m., officers from the Department of Public Safety apprehended Garcia and he was charged with unauthorized use of vehicle. Garcia received a $2,000 PR bond and was released on May 26.

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Ramos receives Precinct No. 1 service award

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Rosie Ramos was recognized for her outstanding and dedicated service as a county employee for the past 23 years on May 27 at the Precinct No. 1 headquarters. Commissioner Tom Chapman awarded the retiree with the plaque as she concluded her career with the county this month.

The Fort Stockton native was the Pecos County Memorial Hospital receiving clerk from 1999-2006, Precinct No. 1 road and bridge maintenance employee from 2006-2007, and the Precinct No. 1 road and bridge maintenance equipment operator from 2007 to 2022.

From left to right: Tom Chapman, Rosie Ramos, bridge superintendent Skeeter Dulaney.
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