Good Friday Closures Across Odessa Area Institutions
Several Odessa area institutions observe Good Friday with closures through Monday. Ector County ISD and Odessa College close today with in person classes paused at UT Permian Basin. City and county offices also shut, trash service suspended today and resuming Monday, police on patrol for emergencies.
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Ector County Independent School District
Odessa College
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Ector County
City of Odessa
Odessa
Basin adds eight drilling rigs in Permian region
Basin counts eight more drilling rigs for the week ending Friday, lifting active rigs in the Permian Basin to 339. National totals rise to 847 rigs with 683 targeting oil and 162 for natural gas. New Mexico adds seven rigs, Oklahoma three, Texas two, and California North Dakota and Ohio one each. Oil price benchmarks close with Plains-West Texas Intermediate at 49.75 and West Texas at 53.18 a barrel.
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Permian Basin
Baker Hughes
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
California
North Dakota
Ohio
Plains
West Texas
Mexico initiative leadership delays in Odessa draw fire
Odessa officials paused a plan to hire a professional headhunter to recruit management for the Mexico Initiative, delaying the post without ODC knowledge. Raymond Chavez seeks the paid role amid criticism of leadership and recordkeeping, while board members weigh funding to attract professional development for Mexico ties.
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Odessa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
Mexico
Raymond Chavez
Larry Long
Odessa Development Corporation
ODC
Chavez
Raymond
Six protesters rally outside Ector County Courthouse
A small group of six held signs denouncing animal abuse during a Thursday rally on the Odessa courthouse lawn. Jane Boles spoke of animal care as April is Animal Awareness Month and referenced a pending case about a prominent citizen accused of poisoning neighbors' dogs.
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Jane Boles
Ourthouse
Boles
Grant Avenue
Odessa
Rhonda Gibson
KT McLeaish
Ector County
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