Huntsman layoffs cut 35 at Odessa plant in restructuring
Huntsman Polymers Inc ends a June started restructuring with about 35 full time Odessa layoffs and 40 early retirement buyouts. Plant manager Bob Squires says maintenance and admin roles were hit as 30 contractors offered full-time positions. Company aims to save about $10 million annually and maintain a sustainable Odessa operation.
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South Odessa
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Odessa American
Huntsman Polymers Faces Gas Cost Pressures in Odessa
Over the past five years Huntsman Polymers in Odessa saw its finances wobble as its parent company’s purchase coincided with surging natural gas prices. Higher energy costs raised production expenses for plastic manufacture, squeezing profits and impacting demand as reported over the period.
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Huntsman Polymer
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MCH to close Auxiliary gift and coffee shop operations
The Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary gift shop and coffee shop will close after more than five decades. The Ector County Hospital District Board unanimously approved leasing the space to Subway franchisee David Turner, with lease proceeds directed to the hospital.
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Ector County Hospital
Subway
David Turner
Renee Henderson Earls
Odessan Faye Smith
Mark Sterkel
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary
Ector County Hospital District Board
New Medical Center appoints new chief of staff
Medical Center Hospital will name Dr Daniel O Hearn, current vice chief of staff, as chief of staff starting January 1 replacing Dr Sudhir Amaram. Dr Matthew Furst becomes vice chief after year’s start. CEO William Webster praised Amaram’s two year service and invited continued activity.
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Daniel O'Hearn
Sudhir Amaram
Daniel O’hearn
Matthew Furst
Dr. Amaram
William Webster
Odessan sentenced for bomb threat case at home
Billy Wayne Miles 58 was sentenced to two years probation and nine months house arrest for a September bomb hoax that disrupted downtown Odessa businesses. Judge Rob Junell held the hearing at Miles' north Odessa apartment due to his serious health conditions. Miles admitted dialing KMCM FM in Midland and threatening a downtown parking garage after the station refused to air his demands.
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Rob Junell
Miles
Odessa
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Midland
Dallas Broadcast Center
Kmcmfm
Caretaker of unwanted babies wins lottery in California
Debi Faris-Cifelli, who runs Garden of Angels in Calimesa, wins the California lottery. Her win comes as she continues to bury dozens of infants abandoned under California's safe haven law, which allows parents to drop off newborns at fire houses and hospitals within three days of birth. The boon aids her nonprofit’s fundraising and care for children who would otherwise be discarded.
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Faris- Cifelli
California
Faris-Cifelli
Garden of Angels
Calimesa
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