By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH AP Education Writer Sydney Webb scrimped and saved to pay for an eight-week certified nursing assistant program at a North Carolina community college. On top of the $255 registration fee, the 26-year-old bartender also had to pay for a background check, scrubs, a stethosc...
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MIAMI (AP) — Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Trudy was located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the...
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MIDLAND Get ready for a spooktacular night of music as the West Texas Symphony presents Haunting Halloween Harmonies on Saturday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Led by Maestro Gary Lewis, this family-friendly concert will bring the spirit of H...
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON Plenty of attention will be on Marvin Harrison Jr. when the receiver makes his Houston Texans debut on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. There’s an unheralded Jacksonville receiver, though, whose been making big plays at key...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom wi...
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - West Texas VA Health Care System received additional funding for nonrecurring maintenance projects after receiving funds earlier in the year. The funding is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve health ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it. Trump sai...
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For only the second time this season, the UTPB football team will be at home. The No. 20 Falcons return to Astound Broadband Stadium in Midland this week when the team faces Western Oregon at 6 p.m. Saturday. UTPB wrapped up a four-game stretch of being on the road, beginning wit...
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ABILENE Four Texas State Technical College employees, representing two West Texas campuses, were presented with the Chancellor’s Cornerstone Award on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Recipients from Sweetwater were Joni Coons, the senior coordinator of residence life, Ty Liedtke, an Automotiv...
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MIDLAND The Midland College Foundation and Midland Memorial Foundation will host the 2026 Estate Planning Seminar on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Carrasco Room of the Scharbauer Student Center at Midland College. Sponsored by the Midland Odessa Business and Est...
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BIG SPRING West Texas VA Health Care System received funding for non-recurring maintenance projects in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funds earlier in the year. The funding is the culmination of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize...
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Crude Oil: 97.97 (+2.88). Nymex MTD AVG: 92.0887. Natural Gas: 3.236 (+0.038). Gasoline: 3.1802 (-0.0793). Spreads: November/December (+1.47) December/January (+1.61). Plains WTI Posting: 94.45 (+2.88). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: October 15, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ...
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Ector County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday and also go through a lengthy agenda. A Public Hearing & Public Nuisance Abatement Order will be held. County Judge Dustin Fawcett said the abatement order is actually why the regulations were instituted. “A...
