Texas Water Smart coalition promotes campaign in Midland
The Texas Water Smart coalition stopped in Midland to promote its latest campaign. Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples urged conservation in West Texas noting that over 70 percent of the state faced drought conditions and stressed smart water saving to stretch supplies.
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Texas Water Smart Coalition
Midland
Texas
Texas Agriculture Commis
Sioner
Todd Staples
Permian Basin Homebuilders Association
Staples
West Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Bryan Reed
Dave Marshall
River Authority buys land to store water amid Texas drought
The Lower Colorado River Authority moves to buy 4200 acres in Wharton and Colorado counties near the Gulf Coast to create off‑channel reservoirs. The deal, not priced yet, would take the land off the market for a year while LCRA reviews the purchase and could help capture excess flows for future use.
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Austin
Texas
Colorado River Authority
Gulf Coast
LCRA
Wharton
Colorado
Jerry White
The
Austin American- Statesman
Colorado River
Burglaries and intrusions report in Odessa area
An Odessa resident reported a burglary at a 2500 West 7th Street home with a stolen TV valued at 500 dollars between 9 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. Wednesday. A separate account notes a known person entered an East Ninth Street home at 7:00 to 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, assaulted and threatened to kill the occupant, who refused transport and reported no items stolen. Another Odessa man said 118 hydrocodone pills were taken from a motel room on Highway 80 between 8 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Tuesday. A fourth report says someone forced entry by kicking in a North Grandview Avenue front door between 3:25 and 3:30 a.m. Thursday without assault or theft.
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Odessa
West 7Th Street
East Ninth Street
Highway 80
Grandview Avenue
Texas Tech advances projects at Odessa campus
Regional Dean Gary Ventolini outlines multiple Odessa Texas Tech Health Sciences Center initiatives. Plans include a seventh floor simulation lab at Medical Center Hospital, a 29 bed unit from demolition and rebuild, and a remodeled practice clinic expanding rooms, providers, and staff. Future goals include pediatrics and surgery residency training, rural medicine, and a July 2013 endocrinology fellowship pending CMS waiver decision.
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Odessa
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Gary Ventolini
Medical Center Hospital
Texas Tech
Bill Webster
MCH
Webster
Ventolini
Lubbock
Alpine
Center For Medicare Services
Multiple crimes report in Odessa area
A robbery injured a woman in an alley on North Grant Avenue 1100 block at 7 08 p m Tuesday. An unknown suspect stole her 1990 Crown Victoria later recovered. A separate theft of a 1998 Dodge 1500 occurred on Esmond Drive with value 19995, belongings recovered. A Walmart fraud case involved 7491 69 by falsified reimbursements from April to August. An Odessa man 17 faced cocaine possession on Meadow Avenue. A 30 year old Odessa found with heroin on West Murphy Street. Detention center holds all suspects on bonds up to 55000.
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Odessa
Grant Avenue
Crane Avenue
Esmond Drive
Walmart
Jbs Parkway
Demitria Iris Miller
15Th St
Ector County Detention Center
South Meadow Avenue
Artemio Contreras
Rocky Lane
West Murphy Street
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Prae Eng
Susta
Oaga.com
Sistants
Mitchell Lee Roberts
Eisenhower Road
SN Aa
Surrov
Ott Sanford
Darrell Parsons
Parsons
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Dilatek
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Dillard's
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Scoelt
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