The number of measles cases in Gaines County has more than doubled in a week. State officials confirmed this week an unvaccinated school-aged child died from measles in Lubbock.

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Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.

The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees on Friday voted 5-2 to approve Keeley Boyer as the new superintendent. The two opposed were board members Delma Abalos and Dawn Miller. Trustee Wayne Woodall ...

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Ector County ISD Trustees voted 5-2 to approve a four-year contract for Keeley Boyer to become the superintendent of schools.

Martin A. Holguin Duran, 59, of Odessa, died in a two-vehicle collision on Loop 338. The crash remains under investigation.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a crash that left an Odessa man dead Sunday evening. According to a ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a crash that left a Midland bicyclist dead last week. According to a ...

In an effort to gauge public opinion, newly elected Samantha Russell recently sent out a survey to voters in Precinct 3, ...

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Ector County Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to leave the annex offices where they are and not relocate them to the new courthouse being built at the site of the current United States Post Office in ...