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Murr holds meet and greet

4 years ago By News Staff

District 53 State Representative Andrew Murr held a meet and greet event at the Fort Stockton Convention Center on Feb. 1. The eighth-generation Texan had previously visited Fort Stockton in November and spoke with elected officials and stakeholders in the community. Murr was first elected in 2014 to represent District 53 in the Texas House of Representatives. The district will soon cover Pecos County after redistricting occurred this past year. Murr is pictured with Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster, left, and Fort Stockton Mayor Chris Alexander, right. Photo by Nathan Heuer

Search underway for two missing Fort Stockton residents

4 years ago By Press Release

The National Park Service (NPS), Big Bend National Park and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) El Paso Field Office, Alpine Resident Agency Office, is seeking information from the public about a missing Fort Stockton man and child who were last seen on January 28, 2022.

On Jan. 28, 49-year-old Hector Flores, Jr. and his 9-year-old daughter, Luna Flores traveled from Fort Stockton to Big Bend National Park, in Flores’ blue 2005 Dodge 1500 truck.

DPS arrests 35 in joint human trafficking operations

4 years ago By Press Release

In January 2022, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Criminal Investigations Division (CID) conducted multiple Adult Prostitution Operations and Online Solicitation of Minor Operations throughout the West Texas Region.

The goal of the operations was to target individuals seeking to exploit and victimize trafficking victims, as well as to identify and apprehend individuals suspected to be involved in human trafficking by using various websites to solicit sexual acts from minors.

Texas State University System secures more than $60 million for Sul Ross

4 years ago By Press Release

The Texas State University System has received more than $60 million in state support for Sul Ross State University, including an historic investment of more than $59 million for capital projects in the university’s two service regions. The funding, secured by TSUS leadership during the 2021 legislative sessions, includes:

County discusses helicopter agreement

4 years ago By Megan Wehring

A secondary company for aerial hunting and game management could be in the county’s future come the end of this year. The Pecos County Commissioners Court discussed the 2020 Agreement for Helicopter Services with Trans-Pecos Aviation LLC at a special workshop held on Tuesday, Feb.

City settles freeze utility debt

4 years ago By Nathan Heuer

Nearing the one-year anniversary of last year’s freeze in February, the City of Fort Stockton came to an agreement with West Texas Gas Marketing LLC for a utility rate spike that left the city with a $754,091.30 bill from last year’s catastrophic weather occurrence.

City of Fort Stockton combats multiple water leaks

4 years ago By Jeremy Gonzalez

The City of Fort Stockton’s water and wastewater departments joined forces last Friday as four infrastructure leaks were reported and repaired throughout the day. “We had four water leaks happen within eighteen hours,” said Interim Public Works Director Luis Guerra.

The City’s water and waste water employees repaired a water leak in 33-degree weather last Friday. The pictured leak behind the Mi Casita restaurant was one of four that occurred throughout the day. Photo by Jeremy Gonzalez

TSUS announces process for appointing interim president of Sul Ross

4 years ago By News Staff

The Texas State University System Administration has begun the process of identifying potential candidates to serve as interim president of Sul Ross State University upon President Pete Gallego’s departure at the end of the spring semester.

President Gallego previously announced he will leave the university June 4, 2022.

Pecos-Terrell County FSA announces election results

4 years ago By Press Release

The Pecos-Terrell County U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced that Payden Ward of Sheffield and Kati Rogers of Fort Stockton were elected to represent their local administrative areas during the recent county committee election.

Local data center trend continues

4 years ago By Megan Wehring

Some places have Amazon or Google warehouses to bring an economic boost. As for Pecos County, the trend of data centers will continue to diversify the job market with a third facility planned to be completed by the end of this year.

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