IRAAN The Friends of the Pecos River and Texas Produced Water Consortium will host an educational forum, “Town Hall” conversation about the beneficial reuse of treated produced water on Friday, October 2, from 9:30 a.m. – noon at the Iraan Civic Center. This event will give landowners and communi...
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President Donald Trump suggested that the European Union allowing Canada to become an associate member could be a “hostile act” and threatened to respond to the proposed move by imposing more tariffs on the bloc. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home to campai...
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FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charg...
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By TIM SULLIVAN and RUSS BYNUM The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators was to appear Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities ...
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas The excitement around Texas rising to No. 1 after beating Ohio State had barely reached its peak before landing with a thud barely 48 hours later. Arch Manning’s joking comments at a news conference about a fake video of coach Steve S...
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Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko calls in a play against Arizona State during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft) By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A&M coach Mike...
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The City of Odessa received its September sales tax check, in the amount of, $6,582,640.22. This amount includes the Economic Development sales tax of one quarter cent. According to a City of Odessa news release, the city will receive $5,266,112.18 and the Odessa Development Corp...
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TYLER The UTPB women’s soccer team was dealt a 5-0 loss to UT-Tyler Wednesday on the road. The Falcons fell to 3-3-0 overall, 0-3-0 in Lone Star Conference. The Patriots improved to 2-1-1, 1-0-0. UT-Tyler took a 3-0 lead at halftime and then added two goals in the second half. UT...
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This column has been anticipating higher interest rates for several years. That is now happening. The benchmark ten-year Treasury note has climbed to a 5% yield. Let’s reexamine how this happened. Interest rates bottomed in 1942. Rates would rise in a 39-year cycle. Then the ten-...
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The principal investigators for a $24.5 million five-year grant awarded to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are Julie St. John, Ph.D., DrPH, professor in the TTUHSC School of Health Professions; Lance R. McMahon, Ph.D., TTUHSC executive vice president for research...
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A demonstrator stands among battery powered candles in paper bags during a vigil in protest against potential cuts to Medicaid in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas ho...
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Joey McGuire has often roamed a sideline during games in Texas on Friday nights in the fall. This time will feel much different for the Texas Tech coach. The 13th-ranked Red Raiders, the defending Big 12 champions , play their conference opener...
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On Sept. 16, Mexicans on both sides of the Rio Grande celebrated the country’s independence from Spain. Many joined Mexico’s president’s tradition of repeating the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s call for revolution in 1810. The event coincided with similar i...
