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The new year is not so far advanced that its character is already fixed and lost to the guidance of the best from the last year (the past). In that spirit we would do well to celebrate the better of recent efforts to, as religious folk tend to say, bless community. Insofar as the best of the 2025 FROM THE PULPIT columns go, I claim my turn at the grinder (read keyboard) to nominate a column offered up by Father Michael Wallens, who serves St. Stephens here in Ft. Stockton. Confronted as we are with so much enemy making and retributive brutality, his thoughts on preserving human dignity as biblical and incumbent on Christians and other God-fearers are more than germane.

Former Dallas DJ now hosts one of the most popular podcasts on Spotify Platform One of Dallas radio’s most legendary DJs was Mike Rhyner. After getting his start on the infamous KZEW FM (“The Zoo”) he went on the even bigger things as the. Host of The Hardline show on DFW sports talk radio, The Ticket (KTCK).

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Lifelong Resident Emilie Feyry- Natividad Announces Candidacy for Pecos County Judge Emilie Feyry-Natividad, a lifelong resident of Pecos County and a dedicated community leader, has officially announced her candidacy for Pecos County Judge.

The Pecos County Senior Citizens Center will host its January potluck on Friday, January 16, at 12:00 noon. The meal will be a Mexican luncheon.

The Fort Stockton Community Theatre announces that tickets are on sale for its upcoming production of The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, a comedy in two acts written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, presented by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Check out ticket prices and choose your theatre seat by going to fscommunitytheatre.org or purchase tickets at the door and take potluck choice of seats then. You may call Alice Duerksen at 432-336-3180 for more information.

This Saturday, January 17, at 2:00 pm, the Fort Stockton Film Society will host a FREE screening of Apollo 13 at the Nelson Street Theater, 102 South Nelson. This film is the first in a series of patriotic movies to celebrate the United States 250 years as a nation.

The Sweet Delilah Swim Club by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, with special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, is in rehearsal under the direction of Alice Duerksen to open Friday, January 30 and run through Wednesday, February 4.

As Pecos County moves into 2026, local officials are trading “Year in Review” reflections for a suite of infrastructure projects designed to harden the county’s assets against both the West Texas elements and modern safety hazards. County Judge Joe Shuster, dedicated County Commissioners, and EDC Director Remy Ramos are overseeing a strategic shift toward long-term municipal investments, funded largely through industrial payments rather than local tax hikes.