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Gene Cummins Park set to close for upgrades

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The city’s Economic Development Board has made notice that the Gene Cummins Park will be closed in 30 to 60 days for some much-needed upgrades, repairs and additions that are expected to take up to 30 days to complete. The focus of these improvements is on safety and conservation, and the timing of the closure is designed to have minimum impact on park patrons.
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ALAMO ELEMENTARY HONOR ROLL 1ST NINE WEEKS

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2nd Grade
A Hall
Mrs. Parras
A’s
Magavi Bislar
A/B
Anna Bislar
Johnny Espinoza
Sebastian
Gonzales
Ivan Mendoza
Justin Posler
Khalani Thornton
Mrs. Crenshaw
A’s
Ariadne Garcia
Ezra Granado
Caleb Madrid
Kaiden Mata
Francisco Saucedo
Genna Turner
A/B
Dawson Baker
Julian Carrasco
Amberly Gonzalez
Kathleen
Quinones
Daisy Sevillano
Presley Swanson
Aiden Villareal
Christian Villareal
Mrs. Rojas
A’s

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November 7 General Election

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Proposition 1

The Constitutional Amendment protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management.

Proposition 2

The constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility.

Proposition 3

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Cactus Health provides community outreach services

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Cactus Health in Fort Stockton is more than just a community health clinic. Founded in 2003, Cactus Health began serving Fort Stockton in 2004 with primary and preventative health care, oral healthcare, mental health, and substance abuse services to individuals of all ages regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Cactus Health recently began a community outreach program, which expands the services offered to surrounding communities.

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County tables bid approval for EMS additions

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Repairs and a remodel of the Pecos County EMS building will take a bit longer after the Pecos County Commissioner’s Court tabled action on the lone bid received during Monday morning’s 30-minute-long commissioner’s meeting. The only bid received and opened Oct. 12 was from OPREX Construction of Lubbock for a $2.6 million base bid, an alternate bid of $98,500 was received for air conditioning in the ambulance bays.
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History comes alive at Historic Fort Stockton

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The Jumano Nation and Lipan Apache Band of Texas, in full native dress, provided a taste of their culture to school children from Fort Stockton and surrounding areas on Friday morning at Historic Fort Stockton. Pecos Brad Newton gives a presentation to Fort Stockton Intermediate School students during Friday’s Living History Days at Historic Fort Stockton.

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School Board honors Students of the month, renames middle school gym

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The Fort Stockton Middle School gym will soon have a new name, born from tragedy but memorializing a studentathlete whose name will forever be remembered. The Fort Stockton Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday night voted unanimously to name the middle school gym in memory of Donavyn Vaughn, an eighth grader who passed away in 2020 and who would have been a senior this school year.