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MIDLAND The Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin (LCPB) is hosting the free New Mexico Literacy Summit on Wednesday, September 23, at the New Mexico Junior College Larry Hanna Workforce Development Building in Hobbs, New Mexico. The full-day event, themed “Literacy Is Opportun...
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By Dr. Glenn Mollette I was in the third grade when my teacher announced that President Kennedy had been shot. I was in the parking lot of an auto parts store in Englewood, Ohio when I heard on the radio that Elvis had died. I will always remember where I was when I learned the s...
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AUSTIN The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director officially released movement restrictions for areas of Texas previously deemed as New World screwworm (NWS) Infested Zones. Following months of coordinated surveillance and eradication activities, designated area...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - The city of Odessa is marking seven years since a mass shooting that killed seven people and injured many others. The city has set up memorials to remember those lost during the tragedy. The seven who were killed, not including several others who were injur...
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Average gasoline prices in Midland-Odessa have risen 10.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.66/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 156 stations in Midland-Odessa. Prices in Midland-Odessa are unchanged versus a month ago and stand $1.03/g higher than a year ...
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U.S. markets are sliding after American forces struck Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz, the first military action in a month. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both declined 0.2% on Monday. Nasdaq futures slipped 0.1%. Oil prices sur...
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GENEVA (AP) — A suspect has been arrested after a weekend shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland that left one person dead and five wounded, police said Monday. The 43-year-old Swiss citizen was detained shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, police in Aargau canton (state) said in a ...
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel signed a multi-billion-dollar weapons deal with Greece, the largest between the two Mediterranean countries, as Israeli defense exports soar. Israel's Defense Ministry said Monday the 3 billion Euro (about $3.5 billion) defense export deal, coined A...
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard formed Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to gain strength before bringing potentially heavy rains and flooding into parts of Texas and Louisiana. The storm was upgraded Monday night from a tropical depression and forecasters with th...
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger's junta survived its most severe internal threat since seizing power in a 2023 coup when renegade soldiers staged a mutiny over the weekend, triggering a 24-hour standoff that ended with Russian intervention. The mostly young soldiers took some of thei...
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers raced Monday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbed and increasingly desperate families searched for m...
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By JESSICA DAMIANO The Associated Press The hanging planter on my porch has seen better days. And by better days, I mean the summer annuals have dried to a brown crisp that likely has the neighbors wondering if the Addams Family has moved in. I like to believe the extreme heat di...
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By Debbie Roland Permian Basin Master Gardener If you are looking to add color, texture and plants that will grow in West Texas our Fall Plant Sale is the place to be. The Permian Basin Master Gardeners will hold their plant sale on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...
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Question: I am trying to unsubscribe from a company that sends me email from a list that I did previously sign up for, but I’m no longer interested. At the bottom of the initial screen I click on the “Unsubscribe” button that takes me to another screen that I thought would confir...
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Meet Grand Companions’ Pet of the Week, Jessa! This sweet 7-year-old, 60-pound mix breed is the perfect companion for someone looking for a laid-back best friend. Jessa walks beautifully on a leash, stays calm when meeting new people, and absolutely loves getting affection. She g...
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Unless you're incredibly online – or incredibly in tune with Gen Z and Gen Alpha – it's easy to fall behind on the latest slang.
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO The Associated Press SALISBURY, Md. “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles , saying these Bibles “were in every hotel in America.” He’d never seen something li...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-f...
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By Van Yandell John 10:38 “But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.” The growth of non-believers in a supreme spiritual creator God is increasing. While only four to five percent of Americans ...
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani nurse who rescued the sole surviving newborn from a hospital nursery fire that killed 14 other infants will receive one of the country’s most prestigious civil awards. Fire engulfed Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, a major government hospital i...
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is voting Sunday in a referendum to decide on granting new presidential powers ahead of December's general election, which will return the West African nation to democracy after its latest coup. A military government seized power in Nove...
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DHADING, Nepal (AP) — Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River. Flood warning notices were sent to people's phones early Sunday as rescu...
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EDINBURG The UTPB football team lost its opening game of the season with a 44-0 loss to NCAA Division I UTRGV Saturday at Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium. The Falcons were playing their first game under head coach Chris Softley. The Vaqueros took a 17-0 lead after the first quart...
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Friday was the tenth day of the trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996, but the defendant and jurors weren't in the courtroom....
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The number of denaturalization lawsuits filed by the Trump administration surged in July, according to new data.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered all state agencies this week to halt funding for Flock cameras amid growing concerns nationwide about the misuse of the roadside camera network. The decision, which was communicated to state agencies on Thursday evening, came as The Texas Tribun...
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Allen Saunders, an obscure Canadian cartoonist, is cited for an inscription in his 1956 “Mary Worth” comic strip. No doubt it had local impact, but much more the next year when repeated in the Reader’s Digest. “Life is what happens to us while we’re making other plans” has been q...
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Over the past few years, costs of living have increased significantly faster than wages, thus creating a major affordability problem for millions of Americans. It is a hot-button campaign topic at present, but the real issue is much more visceral. It is multifaceted, and solution...
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British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom after his arrest by American immigration authorities, U.S. officials said Saturday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos was returned to his home country Friday after being ac...
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Talker News | Talker Three in five millennials admit their financial image of themselves doesn’t reflect their financial reality, new research has revealed . That’s according to a series of three surveys, each polling 2,000 millennials, 500 Gen X and 500 baby boomers. Results rev...
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By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer Tablets and computers have become crucial school supplies for many students. But the same devices children use to read text, write essays, solve math problems or research history projects can also offer distractions in the form of games, s...
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Abilene Christian 74, Lubbock Christ The King 50 Aldine MacArthur 48, Cypress Ridge 14 Alice 35, Beeville Jones 13 Alief Hastings 23, Cypress Park 21 Allen 26, Duncanville 7 Amarillo 21, Amarillo Palo Duro 7 Amarillo Caprock 29, Pampa 12 Amarillo River Road 25, Sanford-Fritch 24 ...
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By William F. Holland Jr. Ph.D. Ordained/Licensed Christian minister As I awakened this morning and opened the shades, the sun was shining, and the sky was clear. I’m very blessed that I could stand and walk without pain. We seldom think about how often we take the basic function...
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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO The Associated Press JERUSALEM The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist — me — were locked for the night inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem. The Chur...
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For years, the Democratic Party treated men the way a museum treats a taxidermized woolly mammoth: as something historically important, dirty, and best observed from behind a velvet rope. Then 2024 happened. Black, white and Hispanic men shifted to voting Republican. So, instead ...
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Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents' Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she s...
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The Permian football team had no trouble in putting away Amarillo Tascosa as the Panthers opened the 2026 season with a strong 38-7 win Friday at Ratliff Stadium. The Panthers built a 28-7 halftime lead and the Rebels had no response in the second half as Permian moved to 1-0 for...
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SAN ANGELO UTPB’s volleyball team couldn’t ask for a better start to the 2026 season. The Falcons won both games Friday at the Kathleen Brasfield Invitational in San Angelo. The Falcons defeated Fort Lewis in three sets and then swept Minnesota State-Moorhead to begin the season ...
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U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, visited the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dilley, Texas, on Friday and said detention numbers were up 10% in a week he is concerned about the health of migrants living there....
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Parents Kevin Stone and Angie Koriakos sit with daughter Eliana Stone in their home in Dallas on Aug. 26, 2026. Eliana was born via a surrogate. Credit: Hunter Folsom Lacey for The Texas Tribune By Katlyn Ma, The Texas Tribune As Texas lays the groundwork to restrict commercial s...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped but not by much after economists said a speech by C...
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The rig count in the Permian Basin was unchanged this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 267 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 255 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is unchanged from last week at 588 rigs. A year ago...
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Crude Oil: 83.40 (-0.13). Nymex MTD AVG: 82.5720. Natural Gas: 2.888 (-0.019). Gasoline: 3.4899 (+0.1057). Spreads: October/November (+1.57) November/December (+1.83). Plains WTI Posting: 79.88 (-0.13). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: August 28, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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Power lines go through a property in Bells, seen on March 10, 2026. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune ODESSA In a move that could dramatically reshape the state’s electricity infrastructure, alleviate a years-long energy bottl...
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People clean up a flooded home in Kerrville on July 16, 2026. Credit: Brenda Bazán for The Texas Tribune By Emily Foxhall and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune Six weeks after extensive floods damaged homes, bridges and roads across southwest Texas, President Donald Trump still ha...
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FILE – CBS broadcaster Tony Romo, left, calls the game during the second half of a NFL football wild card playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos in Orchard Park, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File) The Associated Press Tony Romo is facing thr...
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MIDLAND The fifth-annual Fly into Fall will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Midland Airpark, 901 Veterans Airpark Lane. Fly into Fall is a free educational and interactive aviation experience for all ages. It is hosted by the City of Midland Airports Depart...
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By MATT BROWN and MATTHEW JUNKROSKI The Associated Press WASHINGTON Thousands of protesters are rallying Friday on the National Mall in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections, following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that ci...
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Protecting the Texas energy industry from cyberattacks is a very complex assignment that the state and industry are girding themselves for in every possible way, cognizant that the threats are always evolving. The new Texas Cyber Command watches over electric utilities, oil and g...
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Chicken prices are down, but chicken fatigue is real. Home cooks who eat it often share fresh ways to keep it interesting. Photo credit: Depositphotos By Sage Scott Chicken prices fell 3.5% in July 2026 compared with the prior year, even as overall grocery prices and beef costs h...
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AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., invites Texans to the Dedication & Ribbon Cutting of the West Texas State Veterans Cemetery (WTSVC) in Lubbock at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4. The WTSVC groundbreaking happened in November ...
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AUSTIN An Arizona man will soon be extradited to Texas on capital murder charges after modern forensic testing identified him as the person responsible for a 1981 sexual assault and murder. The suspect, Kelly Lee Brower, 68, was arrested on Aug. 19 in Cottonwood, Ariz. According ...
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Midland College will bring more than 70 colleges, universities and military branches under one roof on Wednesday, Sept. 30, giving students and families from across the community an opportunity to explore what comes after high school. The annual Texas Association of Collegiate Re...
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The Odessa Rotary Club donated $500 to the Education Foundation’s Imagination Library at their weekly meeting Wednesday at Odessa College. The Imaginary Library project is a program created by Dolly Parton that provides free books to children across the United States to encourage...
