Fire destroys Sunset Apartments. residents displaced
Smoke filled the Sunset Apartments early morning blaze injuring none, but forcing residents to flee. Firefighters battled 32 responders and 5 engines with a hazmat truck unti 7:42 am. Red Cross assists with shelter, food, clothing, and housing as residents seek new units and adapt without renters insurance.
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Central Station
Dean
Doan
American Red Cross
Rice
Midland
Picaso
Celeste
Brooke
Beaman
Redford to form housing rules committee and codes review
County officials appoint a committee led by Precinct 3 commissioner Barbara Graff to study housing subdivision rules and construction codes. The group includes Fred Crawford Richard Fierro Eddie Vasquez David Peck Don Bonifay Drew Crutcher Larry Peterson and Les Blalock. Commissioners trim their own 23.5 percent pay hike to 12.3 percent raising salaries to 42543, with Greg Simmons voting no and Redford abstaining. Runway projects at Schlemeyer Field proceed with a 6,200 foot addition funded by a 6.3 million TxDOT grant and county match. resurfacing is paid by 680 in county funds.
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Redford
Saddleback Ridge
Fred Crawford
Precinct 3
Barbara Graff
Crawford
Richard Fierro
Eddie Vasquez
David Peck
Precinct 2
Greg Simmons
Simmons
Schlemeyer Field
Txdot
Ector County
Ector County approves air conditioning project and hires elections chief
A $4 million air conditioning project for the Ector County Coliseum began in June and is due for completion in April. Mitzi Scheible was named elections administrator in September to fill a vacancy from Robert Mendoza's June firing by the Elections Commission. Mendoza asserts he was misrepresented and seeks EEOC review after a December news conference.
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Ector County
Schlemeyer
Mitzi Scheible
Robert Mendoza
Ector County Elections Commission
Redford
Mendoza
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Higher cemetery fees and a 2006 flood impact in Odessa
County commissioners raised burial and disinterment charges to address overflow in the ceme tary. A May 2 rainstorm flooded Monahans Draw, damaging about 100 North and West Odessa homes and county buildings including the library and health department. In 2007 the county agreed to spend 356304 dollars for a new 384 phone system to replace an outdated, inefficient setup.
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Graff
Precinct 4
Armando Rodriguez
Monahans Draw
Odessa
Ector County Library
Health Department
Ector County
Redford
Last day to file for March Texas races
The March primary filing deadline in Texas is today with six races on the table including the District 81 state representative contest where incumbent Buddy West faces Jesse Gore Tryon Lewis and Randy Rives. Other contests include County Commissioner Precinct 1 and county attorney posts with Republican and Democratic primaries.
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Texas
Buddy West
Jesse Gore
Tryon Lewis
Randy Rives
Freddie Gardner
Jim Cowell
Linda Young Angsley
Chet Bales
Ector County
Constable
U.S
U.S. Representative
West to Seek Re election Amid Health Draws and District 81 Battles
Buddy West, facing a tough race in District 81, contends with health issues, plans town halls and appearances ahead of the March 4 primary. He previously considered not returning in May due to kidney dysfunction but revived his bid after health improvement in August. Key interests cited include the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and the Presidential Museum.
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Jason Moore
West
Jay Poynor
Buddy
Shirley West
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Presidential Museum
Winkler
Andrews
Ector
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