Break creates Madera Valley water outages
Madera Valley Water Co faces a line break near Toyahvale that reduced pressure and cut service across Reeves County. The firm expects a boil advisory to be lifted by Tuesday as crews work from 3:30 a.m. to daybreak, with residents reporting five days without water in some areas.
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Madera Valley Water
Reeves County
Toyahvale
Madera Valley Water Co
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Madera Valley
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Enterprise
Reeves County Emergency Management
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Verhalen
Pecos City Council backs Barilla Hills RV Park plan
Pecos City Council seeks to curb street and yard RV parking by delaying tougher enforcement until Barilla Hills RV Park opens at year end. Officials expect 220 new spaces early 2014, but two-acre minimum lots and city block sizes limit park locations and require special permits for RV use in some areas.
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Barilla Hills
Chuck Knudsen
Barstow
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Fred Reyes
Parking ordinance hearing delays action at Pecos City Hall
Police seek clarifications on enforcement and applications for large vehicle parking areas as council weighs a tougher parking ordinance alongside possible rate hikes for water sewer and sanitation to fund infrastructure projects including a proposed 17 million bond election this November. Standing water on lots along South Cedar Street and mud on streets from oilfield trucks were cited as health concerns and surface improvement needs.
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Town of Pecos
City Hall
Pecos
South Cedar Street
Clay McKinney
McKinney
Fred Reyes
Reeves County unemployment tops 10 percent in June
Reeves County’s job picture stays weak with June unemployment above 10 percent as seasonal workers rise with summer break. Despite higher rates than last year, the Texas Workforce Commission notes the increase is modest, even as housing for job seekers remains tight and local firms struggle to fill posts.
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Texas Workforce Commission
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TWC
Weather forecast shows heat and scattered rain risk
The forecast calls for a hot weekend with highs near 93 on Sunday and 101 on Tuesday and 102 on Wednesday and Thursday. Isolated afternoon showers possible Tuesday with 20 percent chance, southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Nights stay warm with lows around 73, becoming light after midnight on Tuesday.
DA announces District Court jail sentences
District Court sentences were handed down in Reeves and Ward counties. Jeffery Madrid Renteria received five years for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as part of Reeves County cases. Other area defendants faced prison terms for assault violations cited by District Attorney Randy Reynolds' office.
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Reeves
Ward
Reynolds
Reeves County
Jeffrey Madrid Renteria
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