Odessa Council debates oil deal and oversight changes
Odessa City Council members weigh a collapsed Weir Oil and Gas land deal that would have funded a $25 million customer center and 84 new jobs while criticizing observed job shuffles. They discuss compliance panel bias, include proposed new members from minority chambers, and consider broader incentives for oil and gas firms to diversify the local economy.
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Odessa
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Mike Garza
David Turner
Turner
Garza
Weir Oil and Gas
District 5
Filiberto Gonzales
District 4
Mike Gardner
Gardner
Gonzales
Barbara Graff
Malcolm Hamilton
Graff
Weir
Midland County
Midland
College
Odessa College
Midland College
Hamilton
ODC
CDC
Odessa Transportation Alliance
UTPB
CVA
Bryant
Irving
Pioneer Natural Resources
Ray Perryman
Carlson
Marine KC-130 crashes in Mississippi. 12 believed dead
A U S Marine refueling KC-130 crashed into a soybean field in Leflore County near the Mississippi Delta, killing at least 12 aboard with authorities still seeking bodies at night. Witnesses described the plane spiraling down, fires spreading across a wide area as debris and explosions hampered rescue efforts. Investigators provided few details on the flight origin or cause.
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Itta Bena
Miss
U.S
Mississippi
Leflore
Le-Flord
Ricky Banks
Associated Press
Jackson
Delta
Banks
Andy Jones
Jones
U.S. Highway 82
Greenwood
Marcus Banks
Greenwood Commonwealth
ECISD leader cites STAAR changes and progress in Odessa
ECISD superintendent Crowe notes STAAR embedded supports for disabilities were not offered this year, so all students took the same test. He reports significant gains for the district and narrowing gaps in eighth grade reading, crediting teachers for progress as TEA releases preliminary STAAR results in reading and math.
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STAAR
Crowe
ECISD
Odessa
TEA
State STAAR review links for grades three to eight released
District and campus level results for grades five and eight are posted in April. State level reports for grades three through eight can be reviewed on the Texas Education Agency site.
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Txreports.emetric.net
Texas Education Agency
Tea
Texas.gov
Staar
Camp to empower girls with STEM and robotics at Odessa
A one week summer camp for girls aged 9 to 12, featuring keynote speakers Judge Sara Kate Billingsley, Sondra Hoff, Noemi Contreras, and Raimey Hoff. Think Outside the Box will host project based robotics and programming. About 30 have signed up with space for up to 80. Full day camp costs 200 dollars, includes meals. 20 scholarships reserved for Boys & Girls Club participants. Signups at Odessa crisiscenter.org or call 432 333 2527.
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District Court
Sara Kate Billingsley
Sondra Hoff
Noemi Contreras
Mamasita’s
Mexican Grill
Complete Nutrition
Raimey Hoff
Think
Garcia
Organiz
Boys & Girls Club
Odessacrisiscenter.org
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All the Commerce
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Black Chamber of Commerce Permian Basin
Hispanic Chamber
Gene Collins
District 2
Dewey Bryant
Melanie Hollmann
Compliance Committee
ODC Board
Hollmann
Betsy Triplett-Hart
Triplett-Hart
THE
Jimmy Taylor
Itta Bena, Miss
Oapa.com
Texas
Dada.comm
Odessa Crisis Center
Odessacrisis Center.org
Ora Boi
Dickey
Barbecue
Dickeys Ees
Bess
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