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One of the organizers who said she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. The complaint filed last week in Southern California is the first legal action since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez were first rep...
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AUSTIN The RRC issued a total of 695 original drilling permits in August 2026. The total includes 594 to drill new oil or gas wells, 8 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 15 field transfer, 76 for re-completion and 2 reclass. The breakdown of well types for total original drilling per...
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By JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT The Associated Press DALLAS Republicans opened their highly unusual midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that is putting the president at the center of this fall’s midterm elections — whether the candidates runn...
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KXAN investigators continue to hear complaints from Texans who believe they were misled about solar panels and are now stuck in long-term contracts.
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The Ellen Noël Art Museum is excited to announce its newest exhibition, “Janet Fish: Place in Time,” on view September 10, through January 3, 2027. A free public opening reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 10, beginning at 6 p.m., featuring a screening of the documentary “J...
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The Odessa Sports Complex is reaching another major construction milestone. A topping out ceremony at 10 a.m. October 7 will celebrate the progress underway on a transformational project designed to serve Odessa residents, attract visitors, and create new opportunities for sports...
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street lost ground again Wednesday as the price of crude oil climbed back above $100 a barrel amid further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran. The S&P 500 index fell 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dro...
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Crude Oil: 96.05 (+3.02). Nymex MTD AVG: 91.9478. Natural Gas: 2.822 (-0.094). Gasoline: 3.2106 (-0.0419). Spreads: October/November (+3.18) November/December (+3.55). Plains WTI Posting: 92.53 (+3.02). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: September 9, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American...
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Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit’s main hallway on July 12, 2017. Credit: Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune By Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune Texas’ prison agency has asked the Legislature for $298 million over the next two years to add more than 15,700 ...
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Board members of the Permian Basin Fair accepted a $1,500 donation to the Permian Basin Fair & Exposition Scholarship Fund Wednesday, September 9, at the Odessa Rotary Club’s meeting at the Ector County Coliseum & Fair Grounds. Odessa Rotary Club President Jon Brisco (center) pre...
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, California Apple on Wednesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, including a widely anticipated foldable version called Duo. The company’s new CEO, John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1, introduced the lates...
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Man’s best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January. The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with Bark, a New York-based seller of ...
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press A panel of federal judges heard arguments Wednesday over whether prescribing rules should be tightened for a key drug used in the most common abortion method in the United States, one of several ongoing efforts to restrict abortion access f...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - How often do you squat? You don't have to think too hard you do it every day all the time without even thinking. Did you have a seat today? That right there is an example you performed a squat without even knowing. Did you lift a bag of groceries toda...
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas Arch Manning’s 2025 Heisman Trophy campaign started and ended with a rocky season-opening loss at Ohio State. Over in the Buckeyes’ huddle, Julian Sayin’s first career start launched a standout season that found him, not Manning, amon...
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VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at various undeclared sites in Iran. Twenty-th...
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MIDLAND Midland ISD is proud to announce that a Young Women’s Leadership Academy student, Shwetha Jayakumar, has been named a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist in the 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This recognition places her among the top academic achiever...
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The Rev. Dr. Dawn Darwin Weaks, co-pastor of Connection Christian Church in Odessa, has been named a fellow in the inaugural cohort of the Gongloff Creative Worship and Prophetic Preaching Fellowship at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth. The Gongloff Fellowship is a yearlong fe...
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By ROB GILLIES and PAUL WISEMAN The Associated Press TORONTO The United States is banning the import of some dairy products and motorcycles from Canada along with most alcoholic beverages, the White House said Tuesday, as part of a trade war that shows little sign of cooling off....
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WASHINGTON U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after sending a pair of bipartisan letters encouraging the Trump administration to investigate and hold accountable “slapdash” trade schools and education institutions in Texas and across the country who ...
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Photo Source: Talker Research Talker News | Talker Seven in 10 parents believe that raising children today requires a wider circle of trust than it did a generation ago, according to new research . In a nationwide poll of 2,000 parents of children ages 0 to 6, 71% feel they must ...
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By Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju Spicy options now appear on 95.3% of U.S. restaurant menus, up from 91.6% a decade ago. The growth is not in how hot those dishes are. It is in flavors built on complex, layered profiles that reward the palate rather than punish it. The change shows up...
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By KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press If there is a single sandwich associated with childhood and school lunches in the U.S.A, it has to be the PB&J. Sweet and salty, inexpensive, easy to make (maybe the first sandwich many kids make for themselves?), peanut butter and jelly is a...
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By MARIA KOUTSOGIANNIS Voracious The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, “ Greek Out ,” starts with an explanation of what “main dish” means to me. Most people, understandably, immediately think of dinner. Because in many places that’s the biggest meal of the day, and it’s usu...
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. Brent crude, the international standard, j...
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Residents who want to better understand the City of Odessa’s budget were personally invited by Mayor Cal Hendrick to check out the city’s website via a video that was unveiled during Tuesday’s council meeting. The mayor said the budget isn’t the most exciting topic, but it’s a cr...
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The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees held its September Workshop Tuesday and received a presentation on the 2026-27 Campus Improvement Plans (CIP), a recap of the meeting detailed. Each school, regardless of rating, is required to build a CIP annually. That plan serves as the b...
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The Compass Academy volleyball team swept Van Horn in a nondistrict game Tuesday at home. The Lady Cougars won by scores of 25-14, 25-21, 25-6. Compass Academy improved to 23-4. The Lady Cougars will next face Midland Trinity at 6 p.m. Friday in Midland. The post HIGH SCHOOL VOLL...
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Four Odessa men were arrested last week following a drug investigation at a Howard Johnson Motel on Highway 80. According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives received information methamphetamine was being sold by a man later identified as Christian Gonzalez. The det...
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An Odessa woman was arrested last week after a 13-year-old boy told police she struck him with a baseball bat. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a disturbance on North Sam Houston Avenue around 10 p.m. Sept. 2. When officers arrived, the...
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A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision at 61st Street and Grandview Avenue. According to the Odessa Police Department, Leeroy Gardea was traveling south on Grandview on a Kawasaki motorcycle when the driver of a Ford F250 failed to yield the right...
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CANFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An armed man accused of charging toward Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton during a campaign stop at a fair was trying to ask the Democrat questions, a prosecutor said during the man's arraignment Tuesday. No one has publicly said what 38-year-old Patric...
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Congressman August Pfluger receives the AbilityOne Congressional Champion Award for his dedicated advocacy of the West Texas Lighthouse for the Blind over the years. (Courtesy Photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) visited the San Angelo location of West Texas...
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Abelardo Garza AUSTIN Two of Texas’s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders are back in custody following their recent arrests. Authorities captured Abelardo Garza in Brownsville and Elliott Reed in Benbrook last week. A Texas Crime Stoppers reward will be paid for Garza’s arrest. Abelardo...
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Medical Center Hospital is collaborating with Texas Oncology for a prostate cancer screening event, in honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The event will take place on Thursday, September 10, from 5 – 7 p.m. at Texas Oncology–Odessa West Texas Cancer Center , 500 W. 3rd St....
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By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and LINLEY SANDERS The Associated Press WASHINGTON Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politi...
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MIAMI (AP) — Flight data suggest an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort an unsteady landing at Miami International Airport before smashing into a van and killing five people inside, according to information investigators released Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board invest...
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Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over first-year coach Lane Kiffin’s now-abandoned effort to field players who signed contracts with NFL teams a...
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The Odessa City Council adopted its 2026-27 budget on Tuesday, which includes a proposed 3.3% water rate increase scheduled for consideration on Sept. 16 and a property tax rate increase....
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The U.S. on Tuesday destroyed five Iranian tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship, marking the latest tit-for-tat strikes between the two countries. Earlier, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignited fires at several oil facilities and wounded dozens of p...
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LONDON (AP) — An air traffic control problem disrupted travel across Britain on Tuesday, canceling more than 1,000 flights and leaving passengers stranded for hours on airport runways and in terminals, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. Britain’s National Air Tra...
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With its first 2-0 start in four years, the Odessa High football team will now make its road trip of the season this week. After victories over MX Prep (Mexico City) and El Paso Coronado, the Bronchos will now have to face 6A powerhouse San Antonio Johnson (1-0) at 7 p.m. Friday ...
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The Permian football team survived its first major road test of the season last week. The Panthers will get another challenge on the road when they face a familiar foe this week. Permian moved to 2-0 for the season with last week’s 45-38 win against Harker Heights at Leo Buckley ...
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BOSTON (AP) — A lone juror blocked the acquittal of Lindsay Clancy, despite acknowledging during deliberations that he had doubts about her guilt, the jury’s foreperson said in a TV interview Tuesday. The interview with Boston’s NBC10 aired four days after a judge declared a mist...
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BIG SPRING Skillpoint Alliance is celebrating a new chapter in workforce development in Big Spring as the organization prepares to launch its first-ever pre-apprentice electrical training cohort in the community. The nonprofit workforce development organization will host a ribbon...
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ALPINE Twenty-five years ago, agents and local officials gathered in Alpine for the groundbreaking of a new U.S. Border Patrol station when news broke of the terrorist attacks unfolding on the East Coast. The ceremony was halted immediately, and the agents who would have staffed ...
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The new Midland County Courthouse Annex, named in honor of retired Judge David M. Cobos, officially opened on Tuesday to provide modernized facilities and centralized services for several county departments....
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stocks fell Tuesday in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The S&P 500 sank 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 628 points, or 1.2%, and ...
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Crude Oil: 93.03 (+1.55). Nymex MTD AVG: 91.4080. Natural Gas: 2.916 (-0.059). Gasoline: 3.2525 (+0.0379). Spreads: October/November (+2.84) November/December (+3.05). Plains WTI Posting: 89.51 (+1.55). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: September 8, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American...
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The Office of the Provost at Sul Ross State University is pleased to announce the speakers and topics for the Fall 2026 Science Seminar Series. The series is designed to highlight the research expertise available across the sciences at Sul Ross State University, inspire students ...
