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ODESSA, Texas — They gathered as the children they are near the statue of a cowboy-hat wearing Prairie Dog in Prairie Pete Playland Park. But they left radiating the best qualities of adulthood ...

Texas Mutual Insurance Company — the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance — is awarding a $100,000 grant to Odessa College to continue funding the college’s safety ...

ODESSA, Texas — As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intensifies efforts to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, the Mexican consul from Presidio is scheduled to visit Odessa ...

Odessa Medical Assistant School opens May 2025 with an 18-week, hands-on program—graduate debt-free in partnership with Permian Basin Kidney Center. ODESSA, TX, UNITED STATES, May 15, 2025 ...

ODESSA, Texas — What started as a hopeful plea for support turned into a tense exchange at Odessa City Hall during the week of May 12. Fix West Texas, a nonprofit based in Midland, had asked the ...

ODESSA, Texas — Two people have been hospitalized after a major crash involving a dirt bike and an ATV in Odessa Sunday night, according to the Odessa Police Department (OPD). OPD said around 8: ...

executive director of the Historic White-Pool House in Odessa, said in the release. “Our legacy and authenticity are at great risk on a daily basis. Through Humanities Texas’s teamwork ...

AUSTIN Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD ... to protect the freshwater resources of the state,” said Ryan Smith, Director of Water and Science for TNC in Texas.

ODESSA, Texas — NewsWest 9 is learning new details about a crash at 42nd Street and Englewood Lane Friday morning that took the life of a 19-year-old Odessan motorcyclist. At 10:47 a.m., the ...