Record Highs Fade as Cold Front Brings Wind and Dust
Odessans will see relief after a week of record heat as a strong cold front moves through with 20 to 40 mph north to northeast winds and blowing dust from Andrews to Dawson counties. Highs drop to the lower 70s with a chance of isolated storms. more rain possible later in the week as moisture lingers.
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Craig Stewart
Kosa-Tv
Brian Curran
National Weather Service
Curran
Andrews
Martin
Gaines
Dawson
Stewart
NWS
Nagle
Judge reviews Texas Farmers Insurance settlement probe
In Austin AP report, a lawyer questions Texas 117.5 million accord with Farmers Insurance Group calling it a love slave deal. Judge Scott Jenkins hears testimo ny on whether to preliminarily approve the settlement amid claims of unfair pricing and restitution guidance for 700,000 customers.
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Joe Longley
Scott Jenkins
Texas
Texas Department of Insurance
Attorney General’s Office
Insurance Commiss
Fence project ends without use for impound yard
Mark Trotter built a $52,000 fence for a vehicle impoundment yard, but no one used it and a man with bad news said the property could not be used as planned. Odessa City Council blocked rezoning, leaving Trotter unable to repay a $56,000 SBA loan. He spoke Monday from House of Mufflers on Andrews Highway, near the former lot.
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Mark Trotter
Odessa
U.S. Small Business Administration
Trotter
Andrews Hwy
House of Mufflers
Starbucks to open Odessa store location sought
Starbucks confirms plans to open a Odessa store, actively seeking a location. Nancy Kane says the company, with 62,000 employees and 5,900 shops, is pursuing Odessa foothold while noting no Midland branch is owned or staffed by Starbucks. A classified ad for a store manager appeared in the Odessa American.
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Starbucks
Odessa
Nancy Kane
Kane
N. Midkiff Road
Midland
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
West Loop
Arrests rise for human smuggling in Texas border region
In the McAllen Sector from Starr County to the Gulf of Mexico arrests of human smugglers rose 51 percent to 1,357 since October, while overall migrant detentions fell 13 percent to 47,760 from 55,023 last year. Experts note bigger rings forming as smugglers adapt to intensified surveillance.
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Harlingen
U.S. Border Patrol
Texas-Mexico
Homeland Security
McAllen
Starr County
Brushland
Gulf of Mexico
Victoria
Andrew Schloenholtz
Institute For International Migration
Georgetown University
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