Permian Basin Energy Boom Draws National Attention
Dignitaries including New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Pete Domenici gathered August 29 in Eunice for the groundbreaking of the National Enrichment Facility hailed as a nuclear energy rebirth. Nearby Fort Stockton and Pecos County anticipate projects linked to future coal and water use, while Sand Ridge Energy breaks ground on an $8 million entertainment complex in Monahans.
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Permian Basin
New Mexico
Bill Richardson
Pete Domenici
Eunice
United States
Andrews
General Atomics of California
UTPB
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Pecos County
Permian
Sand Ridge Energy
Malone Mitchell II
Year in Review Highlights Local Changes and New Hotel Opening
The year 2006 saw mixed results in Crane and Reeves counties. A new Best Western opened in November, the first city hotel since the early 1980s, featuring an indoor pool and 14 suites. County Judge Donnie Henderson lost his re election bid and executed cabinet changes citing budget issues, while others saw vendetta motives leading to temporary fallout and eventual reinstatement of Cherri Brents to the hospital board. In Pecos, jailers at Reeves County Detention Center pled guilty to a bribery scheme involving marijuana smuggling to inmates, with Christopher Acosta Reyes acquitted. Border security evolved with National Guard deployment to the Marfa sector, promising support for border patrol, plus involvement in local schools through equipment moves and mentoring in Alpine and Marfa.
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Best Western
Crane County
Donnie Henderson
Henderson
Cherri Brents
County Hospital Board
Brents
Commissioners Court
Pecos
Reeves County
Christopher Acosta Reyes
National Guard
Marfa
Border Patrol
Alpine
Dick Slack, Veteran Lawyer and Lawmaker, Back in Public Service
Dick Slack, a longtime attorney and former Texas House member, returns as Reeves County attorney at 92. He helped found the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and chaired oil and gas committees. He also owns banks in Marfa and Presidio and serves on ethics and pay commissions.
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Egislature
Erry Young
Austin
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Permian Basin
Marfa
Presidio
Texas Ethics Commission
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One dies in 25 car pileup on Interstate 10
A fatal crash on icy foggy Interstate 10 in West Texas killed one person and closed about 30 miles of the eastbound and westbound lanes for hours. The pileup began likely from a hit run as investigators and a light snow dusting was reported in the El Paso area.
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EL Paso
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
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Nyda
Texas Department of Transportation
Stanton to add railroad crossing guard in late 2008
Stanton will install crossing arms at the St Peter Street crossing as part of a rail crossing improvement program after two deaths at the site in 2006. The last fatality was Pedro Avalos, 76, who died New Year’s Eve when his 1996 Mazda hit an eastbound Union Pacific train.
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Pedro Avalos
Martin County
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Union Pacific
Installa
TXDOT
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Larum
Odessa
Jose Vega
Martchenke
Avalos
St. Peter
St. Joseph Street
Beaugard Street
Pumpjack kills Monahans man in Pecos County
Funeral services set for Windel M. Gibson 75 of Monahans who died when an inactive pumpjack toppled during noon hour on Highway 2593 in Pecos County. Deputy says pumpjack was unsecured and top heavy. Gibson was pronounced dead at the scene. Services Friday at First Baptist Church Monahans with burial in Tamarisk Cemetery Grandfalls. Arrangements by Harkey Family Funeral Services.
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Monahans
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Gibson
Fort Stockton
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Windel Gibson
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Tucker
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Arnold Braden
First Baptist Church
Glenn Thurion
Tamarisk
Grandfalls
Harkey Family Funeral
Odessa Man Charged with First Degree Murder in Medrano Death
Preliminary autopsy indicates Lourdes Medrano died from blunt force head injuries. Odessa police arrested 22-year-old Brian Swearengin for first degree murder after a 9 1 1 call and discovery of Medrano in her home. Swearengin held in Ector County Detention Center on $500000 bond.
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Lou Lou" Medrano
Ector County
Carl Rogers
Rogers
Odessa
Boatwright Street
Brian
Swearengin
Medrano
Boatwright
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