Job- A Thon to match employers with job seekers on KWES-TV
The Permian Basin Workforce Development Board will air its first Job A Thon from 3 p.m. to 10 30 p.m. Thursday on KWES TV Channel 9 to connect employers with openings and help the unemployed apply. Debi Mace said the telethon style broadcast aims to reach many people with labor specialists answering calls and directing applicants to jobs in Odessa Midland Pecos Fort Stockton Big Spring and satellite offices in Andrews Monahans and Lamesa. Community sponsors include Kelly Services Pecos Economic Development Board and city and development groups.
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Job openings surge as workforce board reports totals
Since May the Permian Basin Workforce Development Board posted over 3 350 job openings and registered 9 066 job seekers actively seeking new employment. The board highlights robust hiring activity in the region.
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Female Interrogators Used Sexual Tactics at U S Camp
Report from San Juan about drafted pages for a Pentagon reviewed book by former Army Sgt. Erik Saar describing how female interrogators at a U S camp in Cuba employed sexual tactics to pressure Muslim detainees. Saar, an Arabic translator at the camp in 2002 to 2003, says he witnessed about 20 interrogations.
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Bush on the ballot Bush on the ballot
President Bush is framed as a political proxy in Iraq's vote as the nation holds its first democratic elections in decades. The race tests U S policy after casualties and mounting costs with White House outreach to Iraqi leaders and public opinion tracking whether Iraq's outcome will bolster or erode Bush's second term strength.
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Vanity tax debate centers on cosmetic procedures
Karen Wakefield urges state money from a 6.5 percent cosmetic tax to fund poor children's health insurance, while opponents note many with cosmetic work would still bear the tax. A Washington senator says one can still justify beauty spending though she has not undergone cosmetic surgeries.
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