Campaigns enter final week as April elections near
In Reeves County candidates for Pecos City Council, Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD, and area towns advance toward the April 2 elections. Absentee voting has begun while several races feature incumbents facing challengers in Pecos, Balmorhea, Barstow, Toyah, and Balmorhea School District board contests.
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Reeves County
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos
County School Board
R. Henry Blackwell
Roddy Villescas
Frank Apolinar Sr
Phillip Tyree
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
Louis J. Matta
Chester Kesey
Ben F. Meek Jr
Bob Miller
Luis R. Guerrero
Insurance board orders property rate decrease
The State Insurance Board ordered a 2.8 percent statewide decrease in property insurance rates, effective July 1. The order, signed by all three members, will cut Texans’ premiums by about 18.9 million dollars, despite insurers requesting 6.6 percent.
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Insurance Board
LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin, Tex
State Insurance Board Today
Sam Winters
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
el Paso
San Antonio
Waco
Abilene
Amarillo
Lubbock
Midland
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Corpus Christi
Houston
New Orange Street Park Opens at Fifth and Orange
The city opens a park named Orange Street Park on the first day it is filled, built on land donated by the Southern Union Gas Company. City Council created the park to address concerns about Saragosa park location and condition.
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New
Orange Street Park
Orange Street
Fifth and
Orange Streets
Southern Union Gas Company
Saragosa Park
Bill Hopper
Council
Weather and park notes intertwine with council actions
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms then a drier Sunday to Tuesday. City officials say Saragosa park opened to capacity amid vandalism concerns and a night fence plan to deter troublemakers.
Fog and drizzle hit eastern Texas as gloom deepens
Fog and drizzle envelop eastern Texas with visibility sometimes under a quarter mile. Warm humid air prevails elsewhere as clouds spread from the west. Early lows ranged from 36 at Dalhart to 68 at Brownsville, with 83 in Del Rio for Thursday’s high. Showers and thunderstorms expected tonight and Saturday.
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Texas
Texas Panhandle
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Austin
del Rio
San Angelo
Childress
Brownsville
Dalhart
Panhandle
Del
Rio
Mexican
Utah
Arizona
Jurors Report For Civil Jury Week In 13th District Court
Civil jurors report at 9 a.m. Tuesday for civil jury week in 13th District Court. The list includes Manuel O Carrasco Sue Ann Diaz Luis Molina Carrasco Nancy Ruth Davis Amelia M Valles Alice Branham Pablo F Gonzales Glenn Anthony Evans and many others.
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13Rd District Court
Manuel O Carrasco
Sue Ann Diaz
Luis Molina Carrasco
Nancy Ruth Davis
Amelia M. Valles
Alice Branham
EFAS weather service for pilots launches in far west Texas
The FAA will commission Enroute Flight Advisory Service EFAS Sunday for pilots in far west Texas and southern New Mexico. El Paso Flight Service Station manages broadcasts from outlets at Guadalupe Pass Fort Stockton and Roswell providing continuous weather data via reports radar and satellite charts between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily. Flight plan filing and routine briefings remain with standard flight service contacts.
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Texas
New Mexico
Federal Aviation Administration
el Paso
Guadalupe Pass
Fort Stockton
Roswell
Enroute Flight Advisory Service
EFAS
Langloys named new administrator at Reeves County Memorial Hospital
J E Langloys becomes administrator at Reeves County Memorial Hospital in Pecos after moving from Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Overland Park Kansas. He aims to raise quality care, recruit specialists, and position Pecos as a West Texas center for specialized treatment while noting his 120 years of professional growth and a prior 27 million expansion to a 410 bed facility.
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J.E. Langloys
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Overland Park
Kan
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Langloys
Memorial Hospital
West Texas
Langleys
Shawnee Mission
Pecos Hospital
Kansas City
Martin Marietta Corp
Denver
University of Wichita Kan
University of Colorado
University of Minnesota
Europe
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Balmorhea area candidate seeks Balmorhea school board seat
Ismael Dutchover, 32, long time resident and father of five with two children in Balmorhea schools, runs for the Balmorhea school board. He is a Balmorhea High School alum, Army veteran, and member of local organizations while training in emergency medical services and employed by Firestone in Fort Stockton. He aims to address child welfare and collaborate with fellow board members.
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Ismael Dutchover
Balmorhea
Anita
Dutchover
Balmorhea High School
American GI Forum
Catholic Church
Firestone
Fort Stockton
Highway Department
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Douglas Fernandes
Barstow
Luis Guerrero
Toyah
H.S. Haile
Lonnie Richards
Sandra Gibson
George Bryant
S.O. Valdez
Delores Drier
Odes O’rear
Clemente Alvarez
Rosendo Carrasco
Don Jones
Pecos Cook
Angelina Brijalba
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Butch) Weinacht
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Billy) Moore
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Armando H. Granado
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Luis Hernandez
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Adela B. Lyles
Ruby Ann Holdman
Antonio R. Gloria
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James E. McAnally
Juliana G. Gonzalez
Sylvia S. Marquez
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Ortencia J. Olivas
Billie Bickley
Buck Jackson
Olivia T. Jurado
Maria Hernandez
Armida L. Muniz
Jack W. McMahon
Claudia Hensley
Janie W. Aguilar
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Margarita Baeza
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Terrell F. Fowler
Don Barton
Joe Dan Oden
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Frances T. Porras
Jaime J. Villareal
Lydia L. Levario
Marcine
Hackberry
Barbara Just
Chino
Calif
Sandra Homman
Loma Linda
Pecos Drug CO
Redigers Pharmacy
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