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ECISD schools balance enrollment challenges 10 Sep 2012 | 07:30 pm
As the Ector County Independent School District’s record enrollment continues to increase, classroom crowding and school capacity are becoming an even larger challenge schools are learning to address....
TEXAS VIEW: Texas lost its own voter ID case 10 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
Challenges under the Voting Rights Act are always contentious and, as far as the evidence goes, often contradictory. This was especially true in July when a three-judge federal panel heard the case on...
SOWELL: Bait and switch on taxes 10 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
We have heard many times from President Barack Obama how he plans to raise taxes on "millionaires and billionaires," but not on the middle class. Apparently, if you don't happen to be a millionaire or...
LETTER: We all need to do more to conserve 10 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
I am writing to you about the article you did in the Aug. 31 Odessa American “Base Water Rate Amount Draws Scrutiny.” I do not believe that it is so much the water rates going up we should be concerne...
LETTER: More teachers like Stroder needed 10 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
Evelyn Stroder, retired English teacher from Crane, is a bright light in the world of teaching children the basic skills of reading and writing. I’m sorry she can’t be cloned and sent to Austin, ove...
GOOD NEWS: U.S. Navy Seaman André Johnson 10 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
U.S. Navy Seaman André Johnson is greeted by his mother, Sandra Johnson of Odessa, and the Permian Basin Welcome Home Committee upon his arrival Sept. 2 at the Midland International Airport. Johnson i...
GOOD NEWS: child protection court 10 Sep 2012 | 04:00 pm
A swearing-in ceremony took place on Aug. 28 in the courtroom of Judge Sylvia Chavez’s child protection court. CASA is a national volunteer movement which allows trained volunteers to act as a ‘voice ...
Commissioners to vote on county budget, tax rate 10 Sep 2012 | 02:00 am
After numerous meetings with department heads, Ector County Commissioners will make their final vote Monday on the county’s budget for fiscal year 2012-2013 and vote to approve the lower tax rate for ...
HORTICULTURE: Xeriscaping is good for water wise landscaping 10 Sep 2012 | 01:00 am
Xeriscape, a word created by combining the Greek word xeric with scape, to read literally, dry view. We use the term to define a low water use landscape as opposed to no water use. Unfortunately, it i...
Settles Hotel looks for October opening 9 Sep 2012 | 11:00 pm
The City of Big Spring has been waiting more than 20 years to see the old Settles Hotel open its doors again.Scheduled to have its grand re-opening in September after the doors were closed during the ...
