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Odessa, Texas · OdessaAUSTIN The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) assessed $105,750 in penalties and secured $82,995 in market refunds related to violations of electric rules at its open meeting this week. The Commission has primary oversight and economic regulatory authority over the state’s electricity, water, and telecommunications industries. The Commission approved settlement agreements in three separate dockets:
Docket No. 56210: A settlement agreemen…See the Story
PUCT assesses $188,745 in penalties for electric rule violations
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Odessa, Texas · OdessaMeredith Duncan In 2021, the Texas Legislature asked Texas Mutual to investigate options to provide health care plans to small businesses in Texas. The result was Texicare, which recently launched in West Texas. In 2022, Texas Mutual’s board of directors approved Texicare’s creation. CEO Meredith Duncan said their primary focus is businesses with less than 50 employees, although they have quoted some that are a little bit larger. Duncan said cov…See the Story
Texicare launches in West Texas
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Odessa, Texas · OdessaThe Ector County Library, 321 W 5th St., has scheduled a free event featuring a car show in the library parking lot as part of August’s First Friday ODTX starting at 4 p.m. August 2. There will be food trucks as well as an end of summer reading party in the 2nd floor Teen Department and the 3rd floor Children’s Department. Find more information on August’s First Friday ODTX events here.See the Story
Car show and summer reading wrap-up party
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U.S. Army · OdessaAUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to introduce the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program. In this episode, we hear the story of U.S. Army Veteran William Yoss. William Yoss, who served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 45th Infantry Division, was born on December 26, 1930, in McAlester, Oklahoma. He grew up with bo…See the Story
Voices of Veterans: SSgt. William Yoss shares his story of service in the U.S Army
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Odessa, Texas · OdessaSo far, Jason Meldrum has found his time at Odessa College very fulfilling. He recently took over as the vice president for Academic Partnerships after serving as associate vice president for Student Services and Enrollment Management. But this isn’t his first rodeo, having spent his entire career in higher education. A native of Helena, Montana, and a longtime Idaho resident, Meldrum said it was partly family and partly the job that drew him to…See the Story
Meldrum enjoying his job at OC
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Cats · OdessaKANAB, UTAH Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization working to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters in 2025, released new data indicating in 2023, less than 38% of animals entering the new Odessa Animal Shelter were saved. A combined 2,655 dogs and cats were unnecessarily killed because they found themselves temporarily homeless. Of 5,000 dogs and cats that entered Odessa Animal Shelter’s car…See the Story
Odessa’s Animal Shelter ranks fourth highest kill rate in Texas
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Odessa, Texas · OdessaI couldn’t help reading with amusement the number of stories in the OA about Councilman Vasquez as a Democrat voting in the Republican primary and 600 other recognized Democrats doing the same. It’s not the first time and not the last that someone will cross over for the explicit intent of hoping to deny someone an office. I did the same thing years ago when I voted democratic in a primary to keep Hillary Clinton off the ballot. It is a shame th…See the Story
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Good for those who crossed over
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Odessa, Texas · OdessaStatePoint Seventy. That’s the number of women, on average, who are shot and killed each month in this country by a husband or partner, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data analysis. Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens – ahead of car accidents and cancer. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the government can continue denying firearms to people subject to court-ordered do…See the Story
Guns and domestic violence: A dangerous combination for everyone
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