In the booming Permian Basin oil field, a large unincorporated community just outside of the city of Odessa proper has ...

The Houston Chronicle has won two awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing for exposing the impacts of toxic gas released by Texas oil companies and the inaction of ...

The bill would have set deadlines for the oil and gas industry to plug inactive wells, which can pose a danger to the environment.

The rumble of sand-hauling trucks is a familiar sound in the Permian Basin, but soon, that sound may come without a driver behind the wheel. In a groundbreaking shift for the oil industry, ...

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Feb. 24—The Odessa College men's basketball defeated Clarendon College 89-74 in a Western Junior College Athletic Conference game Monday at the OC Sports Center. The Wranglers improved to 20-8 overall ...

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Servin, who grew up in the West Texas town of Kermit, had been a longtime immigration advocate and served as president of the League of United Latin American Citizens’s Odessa chapter ...

SNYDER The No. 18-ranked Odessa College women’s basketball team had no trouble in putting away Western Texas College, winning 67-36 Thursday in a Western Junior College Athletic Conference game.

produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. ODESSA — The students gathered in a nondescript conference room adjoined to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce office.

KFC is moving its corporate headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky, to Plano, Texas, affecting around 190 employees. The decision aligns with Yum! Brands' restructuring strategy and Texas's ...