Perry taps Odessa Jewett for FutureGen site picks
Gov. Perry announced Odessa in West Texas and Jewett in East Texas as the two Texas sites under consideration for the U.S. Department of Energy FutureGen project. Odessa includes energy expertise and clean energy use, while Jewett offers abundant natural resources. both sites are to compete nationally for the project.
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Neil McDonald
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Permian Basin
Perry
Odessa
Jewett
West Texas
East Texas
Texas
Rick Perry
U.S. Department of Energy
FutureGen
Austin
Ector County
Ector
Texas Railroad
Michael Williams
Lone Star State
Hot check roundup nets a windfall
Officials have reclaimed nearly half a million dollars owed to victims in Ector and Midland counties. Law enforcement from ten counties joined in a 2005 roundup targeting hot checks written mainly in Odessa and Midland, with arrests and recoveries beginning in January.
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Ector
Midland
Andrews
Brewster
Crane
Ward
Reeves
Pecos
Upton
Winkler
Odessa
Rollover victims laid to rest in Odessa family tragedy
Odessa authorities said Oscar Corral Jr and Oscar Corral III died when a borrowed 2002 Lamborghini Murcielago overturned and burned after veering off the road. Funeral services drew more than 800 people at a local LDS church as relatives recalled the family’s passion for cars and life.
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Odessa
Carolyn Corral
Corral
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
N. Jbs Parkway
Oscar Corral Jr
Oscar Corral
Carl Rogers
Corral Jr
Atmos rate hike approved by RRC for Odessa residents
The Texas Railroad Commission approved Atmos Energy's request for a GRIP rate increase of 7 to 8 percent, raising residential bills from 8.50 to 9.59 and commercial from 14 to 17.09. Odessa officials have not yet received the order, and city leaders had previously halted action to negotiate a better local rate.
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Austin ‘Texas Railroad Commission
Atmos Energy
Odessa
David Willard
GRIP
Willard
West Texas
Richard Morton
Atmos
Coalition of
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