Midland hospital faces indigent care funding gap and tax hike plan
The hospital projects indigent care costs at 6.1 million this year vs 5.1 million budgeted, prompting a proposed ad valorem tax rise to 14.06 cents per $100, with an 8 percent rollback rule. Consultants say 18.5–19.5 cent ranges could cover costs. board members diverge on taxation while urging state and federal funding.
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Bruner
Ital
Texas
David Porter
Porter
Midlander
Sam Flores
Neal Meares
Midland
Meares
M.L. Peterson
Peterson
Shelton Viney
Viney
Larry Tunn
Tunn
MMH
Ray Branson
County Workers Seek October Pay Raises Tied to Evaluations
County payrolls may rise in October per the salary schedule with possible later adjustments after evaluations. Commissioners debated fairness of freezes and the need for an evaluation plan while department heads faced last year’s pay freeze. Sheriff’s Dept staff would get raises: deputies $9 to $10, dispatchers $8 to $8.80, nurses $9 to $10, following the salary committee study. Precinct 2 cuts trimmed a $100 monthly stipend to $50 and car allowance to a lower amount.
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Fisher
Jorgensen
Jack Crider
Bryan Henderson
Joe
Eddie
Hernandez
Crider
Sheriff's Department
Texas
Precinct 2
Bob Fluitt
Odessa among top places to live in Money poll
Odessa ranks 290th nationwide in a Money magazine survey of 252 readers rating 44 regional traits. Local officials say small samples and desert climate bias the results, noting Odessa beat Midland by 40 points and that readers favored rainier regions with forests and city amenities.
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Bonner
America
Russell Autry
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
Autry
Money Magazine
Midland
Vast list ranks 290 best places to live in Money magazine survey
A Money magazine survey lists 290 U S cities and regions as top places to live. It names many well known locales such as New York City Chicago Honolulu Las Cruces Santa Rosa and Providence with varied scores and regional mentions across states and the District of Columbia.
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New York
the Magazine
Utah
Wheeling
Gainesville
Fla
Orange County
Duluth, Minn
Salem
Ore
Green Bay
Wis
Wash
Madison
Lincoln
Neb
Honolulu
New York City
Riverside
San Bernardino
Chicago
St. Clour, Minn
Galveston
Texas
Santa Rosa
Fuchland
Boise, Idaho
Portland, Ore
Baltenore
Kenosha
Cleveland
Vancouver, Wash
Yakima, Wash
Fort Hood soldier kills himself after eight hour standoff
Fort Hood reported Sgt. First Class Wayne Leveston 31 of the 13th Corps Support Command died after barricading himself in his barracks. A supervisor found him late for work and Army counselors plus investigators tried to talk him out peacefully before a shot was heard at about 4 30 p.m.
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Fort Hood
Wayne Leveston
13Th Corps Support Command
Jesse Seigal
Leveston
Cusic
Seigal
Odessa County to curb jail crowding with new state plan
The 71st Legislature shifts financial responsibility to the county probation department and limits prisoner allotments to the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville. Ector County may cut intakes from 40 to 20 prisoners, with overflow sent to work camps. Commissioners appointed Pace Bonifay and Hicks to study costs and geography while endorsing the concept.
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Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Tom Pace
Don Bonifay
Bill Hicks
Neeley
Commissioners Court
Eeley
Odessa
Cleanup crews assess hazardous Odessa site near U.S. 385
Fife and crew began cleanup of the Odessa Drum Co. site with potential costs exceeding 2 million and a six month timeframe. The Texas Water Commission fined the firm 201,600 last March for hazardous waste violations from 1988 and 1989. EPA sampling finds drilling chemicals in drums while officials plan soil tests and possible use of Superfund funds for the cleanup.
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U.S
Renin
Odessa
Fife
Odessa Drum Co
Texas Water Commission
Andrews Highway
Charles W. Harris
Midland
TWC
Eeeee Eee Eee
EPA
Multiple Odessa Obituaries and Services Compilation
Death notices from Odessa and nearby towns list services for Minnie Lee Watkins Les Carnes Sr Taylor F Martin Vonda Oldham Isabel Calderon Budar Manuel and William Bryan Gilbreath. Funeral homes Hubbard Kelly Singleton Martinez and Santa Anna Funeral Home handle arrangements with services from Friday through today and burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Rose Hill and AWS Cemetery.
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Minnie Lee Watkins
Odessa
Westover Baptist Church
Emmett Bernard
Terry Wright Offici
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Watkins
Llano Hospital
Llano
James Allen Watkins
Gardendale
Rayma Culbertson
Liano
W. Jane Davis
J.T. A
Bronte
Hubbard, Kely Funeral Home
Ozona
First Baptist Church
Andrews
Taylor F. Martin
Bill Cook
Mr. Martin
Medical Center Hospital
Lufkin
Madeleen Short
Carlsbad
N.M
Martin
Breckenridge
B&b Contraction Co
Taylor F. Martin Jr
Lonnie M. Martin
William A. Martin
Obert A. Martin
Patricia Martin Orr
Sis
Sugarland
Doris E. Martin Ees
Eee
Hubbard-le -Kelly Funeral Home
Vonda M. Oldham
Hubbard-Kelly
John H. Womack
Midland
Charles Gideon
Alvarado
Foster Pittman
Rising Star
Sidney Pittman
Comanche
Betty Jane Singleton O
Corsicana
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
St. Joseph Catholic Church
David Herrera
Martinez Funeral Home
Rose Hill Co
William Bryan Gilbreath
Santa Anna
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Les Carnes Sr
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Singleton Funeral Home
Taylor Martin
Vonda Oldham
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Alvin Manuel
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