Mayor backs West Texas coal plant bid worries costs may rise
Dallas AP report notes Ward County Texas Utilities weighs building a coal plant in West Texas to use Rocky Mountain coal despite higher transportation costs. Chaco Energy plans mining expansion. feasibility studies on water supply and environment start January. Ward County residents express support, while officials cite jobs and greater electricity despite pollution concerns.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Utilities Co
West Texas
Texas Electric
Rocky Mountain
Ward County
Midland-Odessa
Texas Utilities
Chaco Energy Co
Albuquerque
Chaco
Ward
John T. Asherft
Distressed Panamanian freighter moves up Houston channel
The 268 foot Eaglescliffe owned by Cayman Shipping Corp. of Great Britain, listing and leaking fuel, towed by a commercial tug into the Houston Ship Channel for repairs after Coast Guard divers deemed it unlikely to sink. Divers found water in two cargo holds but pumps on board should manage. captains and safety officials discussed immediate repair plans.
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Galveston, Texas
Houston
Coast Guard
Eaglescliffe
Cayman Shipping Corp
Great Britain
Galveston
Mexico
Houston Ship Channel
David Paxton
Panamanian Bureau of Shipping and Coast Guard
Clark
Search Underway for Missing Plane in Arizona
New Mexico Civil Air Patrol volunteers continue a weeklong hunt for a Piper Lance missing on a Jackson Mississippi to Phoenix flight. Radar tapes and FAA data point to eastern Arizona near Ford Saford area as the probable crash zone. Pilot Jim Thompson aged 46 from Jackson and Air Force Major Priscilla Beck aged 28 a physician from Scottsbluff Nebraska were aboard. The last radio contact was December 20 about 40 miles east of El Paso Texas.
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Las Cruces
N.M
New Mexico
Civil Air Patrol
Jackson
Miss
Phoenix
Arizona
Safford
Ariz
Earl Livingston
Albuquerque
Federal Aviation Administration
Livingston
FAA
Jim Thompson
Air Force
Priscilla Beck
Scottsbluff
Neb
Thompson
San Antonio
Texas
Maj. Beck
el Paso
Pecos Residents Weigh New Year Resolutions Traditions
Pecos residents discuss New Year resolutions from aiming to save money and lose weight to many about to begin. Local workers at Western Auto Sears and Woolworths share goals while reveling in customs like black eyed peas and menudo. Many families expect football viewing to mark the holiday as they welcome a better year.
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Norman Hill
James Weldon
George Wilson
Effie Roberts
John Sturgeon
Western Auto
Gina Painter
Sears
Randy McWhirter
Woolworths
Juan Castro
Mexican oil spill may bring beach damage again
Corpus Christi reports Dr. John Robinson of NOAA warning that an uncapped Ixtoc I well could send oil to the Texas coast with increasing odds. A 30 percent chance of large concentrations from Port Aransas to Brownsville by late spring and a 5 to 10 percent chance of reaching Brownsville by February are noted. Coast Guard plans to deploy containment gear along Port Aransas, Port O’Connor, Port Mansfield, and Port Isabel in February or March. The spill last summer fouled about 140 miles of beaches, harming tourism and shrimping areas as efforts to cap the well continue.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
John Robinson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robinson
South Texas
Coast Guard
Harry Baughan
Port Aransas
Port O’connor
Port Mansfield
Port Isabel
Baughan
Weather in Pecos and Panhandle Ends Saturday With Snow
Cloudy to partly cloudy skies prevail in Pecos and surrounding areas with light rain ending Saturday. The Panhandle faces colder conditions and intermittent snow with 1 to 3 inches possible mainly in the northwest, creating hazardous driving. Snow may be heavy at times tonight while South Plains and southwestern Texas east of the mountains see light rain ending by early Saturday.
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Pecos
Panhandle
Northwestern Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Poisonous gas flows force evacuations near Briscoe Texas
No injuries reported after a blown gas well released hydrogen sulfide prompting evacuation of 30 to 40 families in Wheeler and Hemphill counties. Residents sought shelter at Briscoe School as officials, checking and double checking, aimed to cap the leak today with no immediate word on return.
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Briscoe
Texas
Hemphill County
Kay Holland
Hemphill
Joe Reyna
Reyna
Wheeler County
Cbs
Wheeler County Sheriff's Office
Reinstatement for Pecos officer amid staffing push
Pecos City Manager J J Maxey confirms former Police Sergeant Rodney Williams is reinstated as Patrolman II effective Thursday December 27. Williams back pay starts from November 30. four other officers who left the force surrendered their badges. council earlier rejected reinstatement of James O Davis while two new officers were hired to near full staffing.
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Pecos
J.J. Maxey
Rodney Williams
Bill Bowen
Fred Lujan
Damon Compton
Jesse Dominguez
James O. Davis
Royce Cassell
Ben Matta
Mike Harrison
Jesus Muniz
Phillip Tyree
Davis
Maxey
Williams
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Robert Hinojos
Monahans
East Texas
Sup
Ray Ward
Dallas Power & Light
Houston Channel
Larry Clark
Bela Bessent
Ixtoc I
Bay of Campeche
Police Department
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