Ruth Campbell

Ector County ISD’s substitutes are a key part of what makes the district go. Monday and Friday are typically the days when teachers are out the most. They can teach at virtually all the campuses and at all levels. Sulema Arredondo, substitute specialist, said after a recent training there would be 447 subs, up from [...]

MIDLAND Representatives from across the oil and gas spectrum convened for the seventh year Wednesday at the Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference. Held March 4-6 at the Bush Convention Center in Midland, the conference is hosted by the Shepperd Leadership Institute at University of Texas Permian Basin. It attracts professionals, policymakers and innovators from [...]

State Rep. Brooks Landgraf took a variety of questions Saturday on education savings accounts and school funding. About 71 people attended the education-focused town hall at Nimitz Middle School. The Odessa Republican went through the main bills passed by the state Senate and pending in the state House. “There is a sense that there is [...]

State Rep. Brooks Landgraf took a variety of questions Saturday on education savings accounts and school funding. About 71 people attended the education-focused town hall at Nimitz Middle School. The Odessa Republican went through the main bills passed by the state Senate and pending in the state House. “There is a sense that there is [...]

With more than 20 years of experience in the medical field, Kisha Rasband has served in just about every capacity as a nurse. She is currently the Vocational Nursing Director at Odessa College. Last October, she was named one of the 25 Great Nurses in the Permian Basin. “I think that was one of the [...]

St. Mary’s Central Catholic School’s 25th annual Casino Night is coming up March 1. Presented by the Knights of Columbus Council No. 3203, the festivities will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Odessa Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. It will feature craps, blackjack, roulette and horse racing. There also will be live [...]

Odessa College Theatre Director Aaron Ganz is a man with big plans — some of which he has already put in place. He wants to make OC’s theatre program the best in the country, start a film festival, increase the number of shows staged each year, start a scholarship named for Marjorie Morris, a local [...]

About 17 Odessa High School students hope to be playing their way to victory at the UIL Mariachi Competition in Seguin Feb. 20-22. The OHS group will perform at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21. Isaias Pena, a 17-year-old senior, has been in Mariachi since eighth grade. He said he feels it is the most interesting genre [...]

The Pastoral Care team at Medical Center Hospital has developed a way to track patients and provide them with spiritual care. Doug Herget is director of Pastoral Care and Faith Bernabe is Staff Chaplain of Pastoral Care. With the help of hospital IT staff, they developed a fireback program that will alert them when patients [...]

Buddy West Elementary School second grade bilingual teacher Karen Del Rio loves to learn, a fact that was borne out by her completion of National Board Certification within a year. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification typically takes three years. Adriana Carmona, a bilingual special education teacher at Buddy West, also earned the [...]