UTPB Lands Near 2 Million Grant To Boost Hispanic Access
Amy Garcia a UT Permian Basin student notes the nearly 2 million U S Education Hispanic Serving Institution grant aims to raise college aspirations among Hispanic youth. The five year fund will fund a director a career counselor and an instructional coordinator plus student teacher committees to buy supplies upgrade multimedia classrooms and run high school seminars.
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Amy Garcia
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Garcia
U.S. Department of Education
UTPB
Schi
Patricio Jaramillo
Nine miners trapped after drill bit breaks in Somerset rescue
Rescuers race to reach nine coal miners 240 feet underground in Somerset Pennsylvania after a drill bit broke halting work for hours. Helicopter supplied bits, but fears of hypothermia rise as water floods the 4 foot high passage and signals from the trapped men remain unclear.
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Somerset
Mark Schweiker
Wilbert Foy
Thomas Foy
Blaine Mayhew
Mary Unger
John Unger
Commissioner Graff targets illegal dumping in Ector County
Odessa County official Barbara Graff vows harsher penalties through Texas law to curb illegal trash dumping while touring litter sites in rural Ector County. She says cleaner areas attract business and visitors as she joins Keep Texas Beautiful seminar participants aiming to reduce litter.
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Paul Zoeller
Odessa
Barbara Graff
Monahans
Ector County
Texas
Graff
Keep Texas Beautiful
Odessa police seek Hispanic man in child kidnapping case
Odessa police announced the abduction of five year old twin girls and sexual assault of one by a Hispanic man on July 5 in south central Odessa. The twins were found 90 minutes later. Police cited the need to protect the investigation and the use of counselors for the girls.
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Odessa
Chris Pipes
Pipes
Hobbs Man Charged With Murder And Related Crimes
A 37 year old Hobbs man was arrested Friday after a Wednesday fatal stabbing at a residence behind E and J Rocks and Gems. He faces capital murder robbery aggravated burglary and kidnapping charges. The elderly couple Ervin Tafoya 82 and Julia Tafoya were found with multiple stab wounds. Julia Tafoya is in Covenant Hospital in Lubbock in critical condition. A witness said the suspect had been staying with him and appeared nervous that night.
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Hobbs
N.M
Manuel Martinez
Linda Lane
E&j Rocks and Gems
S. Turner
Tafoyas
Ervin
Tafoya
Julia
Julia Tafoya
Donnie Graham
Covenant Hospital
Lubbock
Graham
Martinez
Texas Governors Campaigns Admit Illegal Corporate Donations
Perry and Sanchez acknowledged receiving illegal corporate contributions totaling about 2,500 for Sanchez and at least 3,000 for Perry. The Dallas Morning News report prompted both campaigns to plan returns, citing donors will reissue from non corporate accounts.
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Perry
Sanchez
Austin
Texas
Tony Sanchez
Rick Perry
The
Dallas Morning News
Houston
Michelle Kucera
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