Ruth Campbell

Dignitaries and community leaders gathered at the site of the Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center Thursday for the topping out ceremony. The practice of topping off a building with an evergreen tree on the peak is a Scandinavian or Viking tradition and is commonly used to celebrate the completion of the major structural components of [...]

Brad Light likes being busy. The new University of Texas Permian Basin assistant professor of music and director of Choral Activities and conductor of the West Texas Symphony Chorale, Light is in his first semester with both organizations and conducts a church choir in Lubbock on the side. “It’s been a positive experience so far,” [...]

With Ector Middle School now back in the Ector County ISD fold, the process of rebuilding the fine arts programs has begun. The Third Future charter school network had taken over Ector Middle School for three years to improve the academic standing of the campus, which had been considered a low-performing school under state accountability [...]

An infusion of volunteers from H-E-B helped to make the season a little bit brighter for homebound Meals on Wheels clients Wednesday as part of the annual Feast of Sharing celebration. Personnel from the grocery store and community members helped plate the meals and drive them to clients throughout the city. The meal includes turkey, [...]

Leah McCormick has always been fascinated with sign language and now she teaches it to high school students at Montessori Mastery School of Odessa. McCormick has been teaching American Sign Language at MMSO since 2017. It is considered a foreign language. “I graduated from Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf, which is in Big Spring. [...]

A tragic head-on collision that killed three Odessa siblings and the driver of another vehicle has prompted a tidal wave of sorrow and donations. The accident impacted one of the Ector County Sheriff’s Department’s own, Patrol Lt. Heather Perkins as it claimed the lives of three of her children, 18-year-old twins Jaden and Jackie Jurado [...]

To mark National Rural Health Day, Texas Tech University hosted students from around the region to help them learn about helping people in underserved communities. More than 350 students, faculty and staff from Odessa College, Midland College, University of Texas at the Permian Basin and Sul Ross State University were registered to attend the event [...]

Christmas came a little early for some George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa students Monday when Direct Admission packets from University of Texas Permian Basin were delivered. UTPB’s Enrollment Management team was on-site to distribute Direct Admission packets to qualified seniors of which there were about 74. Those who had already been admitted to the [...]

MIDLAND The greatest risk this country faces is not China, Russia or North Korea. It’s the state of the education system in this country. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans discussed the matter during a fireside chat Friday at the Petroleum Club in Midland. The event was [...]

The West Texas Food Bank is asking for the community’s help to meet a $100,000 match from the Abell-Hanger Foundation. Chief Executive Officer Libby Stephens said contributions to the food bank will be doubled between now and Jan. 1, thanks to the Abell-Hanger Foundation. The foundation has been a longtime supporter of the food bank [...]