Odessa Rain Totals Hit .3 Inches In 15 Minutes
Odessa Midland area saw about .3 inches of rain in 15 minutes Wednesday night from a mid level disturbance from California. Dawson and Borden counties reported up to 2 inches while Winkler County had 1 inch. Brief outages occurred in Midland and Odessa due to lightning with a 20 percent chance of more rain Thursday.
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Odessa-Midland
West Texas
California
George Mathews
National Weather Service
Dawson
Borden
Winkler County
Midland
Odessa
Infoline Returns After Galaxy 4 Satellite Repair
The Galaxy 4 satellite repair restored Infoline transmissions for the Odessa American. A guidance problem knocked the satellite offline for three weeks but did not affect local Infoline services. Some syndicated features including AP Stock Quotes returned last week and the rest came back online Tuesday. The Infoline menu appears in today's newspaper on page SB.
World workers raise scaffolding near Beijing highway wall
World crews erect scaffolding to extend a wall above a new highway north of Beijing. Dozens of workers are assigned to finish the wall before a presidential visit by Clinton later this month.
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Great Wall of China
Beijing
Clinton
County bans aerial fireworks as drought defense in Ector
Ector County commissioners vote 3-0 to ban aerial fireworks amid drought fire hazards. The rule, defined as skyrockets and other finned pyrotechnics, stays until sufficient rainfall ends the ban. Firecracker Fandango display downtown July 4 is not affected, per officials.
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Ector County
Freddie Gardner
Jim Jordan
Fireworks Restrictions Expand Across Area Counties
Counties Andrews Winkler Reeves and Crane join Ector in banning aerial fireworks Midland County Commissioners weigh a Friday meeting to consider a ban Ward and Upton officials also discuss fireworks limits during meetings this week across the region.
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Ector
Andrews
Winkler
Reeves
Crane
Midland County
Ward and Upton
Big Bend hospital project bucks rural trend
Big Bend Regional Hospital plans a new two county facility in partnership with Community Health Systems of Brentwood Tennessee. CEO Don Green says the streamlined design and shared capital equipment reduce costs from about 25 million to 11 million with construction slated to begin in July.
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Big Bend Regional Hospital
Don Green
Community Health Systems
Brentwood
Tenn
Green
Residents say racism was history in Jasper Texas
In Jasper Texas a black man was dragged to death after accepting a ride from a man linked to white supremacists. James Byrd Jrs murder prompted questions about race in the timber town as three suspects faced murder charges and community leaders debated underlying tensions.
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Jasper
East
Texas
Herman Wright
Wright
James Byrd Jr
Task force official joins private jail after leave
Permian Basin Drug Task Force official Jack Brewer, placed on leave during an investigation, has accepted a position with CiviGenics, the private jail company leasing the former Ector County Jail. Cmdr. Tom Finley confirmed the move and noted Brewer’s five years of solid work and industry shift for job security. The unit’s shutdown followed a $1.4 million grant loss and is under review by Texas Rangers FBI and the Texas AG Office for financial integrity concerns.
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Permian Basin Drug Task Force
Jack Brewer
CiviGenics
Ector County
Tom Finley
Brewer
Jack
Austin
Finley
Task Force
Texas Rangers
FBI
Texas Attorney General's Office
County Commission
Greenspan says economy strongest in 50 years
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before Congress that the U S economy is the best in his 50 years of observation with strong growth and low inflation. He noted unemployment at 4 3 percent the fastest in 28 years and a 4 8 percent growth rate while warning inflation remains a risk amid Asia’s turmoil.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
U.S
Central Bank
Fed
Greenspan
Asia
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
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