Training eyes cross border Amber Alert coordination
About 25 law enforcement officers from the Permian Basin will train at the Odessa Police Department on Amber Alert operation and cross jurisdiction interactions. Officials note state lines complicate alerts, with FBI guiding all child abductions and NCIS broadcasting nationwide when needed.
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FBI
Permian Basin
Odessa
Midland
New Mexico
Tela Mange
Austin Dps
National Weather Service
Bill Vanderland
Midland Supervisory
Vanderland
Criminalistics
NCIS
Dorothy Croft Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Violin teacher Dorothy Croft is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award while community music figures, including Ronald Bennett and Renee Earis, note her wide impact. Nelda Guerra wins 2002 Volunteer of the Year. Bennett recalls Croft’s long career starting in 1930 as a music supervisor for Ector County ISD.
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Dorothy Croft
Odessa
Odessa Council For Arts and Humanity
Barn Door South Forty
Ronald Bennett
Dorothy
Renee Earis
Nelda Guerra
Ector County Independent School
Ector District eyes minimum degree plan changes for students
ECISD trustees discussed creating a minimum high school degree plan requiring parent signatures and principal and counselor approvals for students choosing it. The plan avoids some upper level courses, and concerns include class sizes. TEA mandates 22:1 for K-4. The board also addressed Tri Ethnic Committee appointments and land-procurement talks near Bowie Junior High.
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Ector County Independent School District
Eee
Sue Ferguson
Ertd
Ideas Uies Bacokeeper
Ferguson
Ee Ten
Texas Education Agency
Hector Mendez
USA Mexico energy trade seen as win win says Texas official
Texas Railroad Commissioner Charles Matthews urged expanding oil and natural gas trade with Mexico stating it would boost both economies. He noted rising U S natural gas use in power and manufacturing and said streamlined pipeline permit processes ease cross border projects. Matthews spoke at the Permian Basin International Business Forum and emphasized Mexico as a growth partner.
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Texas Railroad
Charles Matthews
Mexico
Matthews
Permian Basin
Doug Frey
Middle Right
Desert Industral
Texas counties pressured by vague stormwater rules
County officials at a Odessa conference criticized new EPA and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality stormwater standards as incomplete and arbitrary. Rules target construction sites over an acre with compliance by March, after November rule release, prompting lawsuits from Texas counties and the Stormwater Coalition seeking clearer guidance.
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Texas
Odessa
County Judges and Commissioners Association of ‘Texas
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Victoria County
EPA
Texas Counties Stormwater Coalition
Richard Cortese
Bell County
Stormwater Coalition
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Midland Department of Public Safety
Judy Alcom
el Paso
Andrews
Albuquerque
Wanderland
Een
Paul Zoeller
Bennett
Sheen
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