EPA to raze buildings at contaminated site in Odessa
The EPA moves to demolish three Odessa buildings at the Sprague Road Chromium Plume site in Ector County as cleanup proceeds. Leigh Metal Plating will lose half of one building to host a pump and treat system for the chromium plumes in Trinity Aquifer. The project, costing about seven million dollars, includes soil treatment and aquifer testing before cleanup begins.
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Ector County
Environmental Protection Agency
Sprague Road
EPA
Trinity
Odessa
Machine and Casting Inc
National Chromium Corp
Leigh Metal Plating Inc
Leigh
Leigh Metal
Vincent Malott
Malott
Leigh Metals
West Texas Cowboys Shine At Permian Basin Cowboy Symposium
Austin singer Jeff Gore and Odessa’s Leon Butts showcase western culture at the Permian Basin Fair event. They emphasize cowboy life and music, recalling ranch roots and the Sons of Pioneers style. Audience members Clifton and Mabel Riggs of Odessa connect with the enduring genre.
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Austin
Jeff Gore
West Texas
Canada
Globe
Leon Butts
Odessa
New Pioneer Trio
Permian Basin Fair
Gore
Butts
Sons of Pioneers
Clifton
Mabel Riggs
Forensic expert to assist identify body in Odessa find
A forensic anthropologist from the University of North Texas will aid the Ector County Sheriff's Office after skeletal remains were found south of Interstate 20 on Dixie Boulevard. Dr Harrell Gill King will help establish identity using dental records and old injuries, guiding investigators.
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Ector County
Interstate 20
Dixie Boulevard
Gill-King
Odessa teen death prompts calls for tips in Webster case
Odessa police urge the public to contact investigators after 15 year old Permian High School sophomore Brandon Edward Webster was shot Sunday night and died at Medical Center Hospital. Metro Homicide detectives continued work late into the night seeking leads to identify the shooter.
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Brandon Edward Webster
Odessa
Lou Orras
Webster
Medical Center Hospital
Metro Homicide
Texas unemployment up for August after four months
Texas jobless rate rose to 4.5 percent in August from 4.1 percent, the Texas Workforce Commission said. The seasonally adjusted figures show unemployment up while the raw count fell by 17,000 to 452,000 as the number of employed Texans dropped 51,400 to about 9.97 million, with manufacturing adding 1,100 jobs and declines in amusement and recreation offset by gains elsewhere.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Workforce Commission
Accused cartel leader charged in 10 slayings
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, alleged head of the Ciudad Juarez cartel, faces a 46 count federal indictment for ordering the deaths of 10 witnesses. He remains at large, suspected to control drug trafficking in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. Victims include a former Juarez police chief and his two sons found on a Juarez El Paso bridge in 1994.
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Bill Blagg
United States
Western District of
Texas
el Paso
Vicente Carrllo Fuentes
Carrillo Fuentes
Justice Department
Jose Trinidad Larrieta Carrasco
Ciudad Juarez
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
U.S
Bragg
Juarez
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