A local volunteer group called Protecting What Matters is holding three community meetings next week. They want to talk to people about a plan to build stations and bring faster fire trucks and ...

The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. April 15 in the first floor board room of the administration building, 802 N. Sam Houston Ave. Trustees will consider hiring a chief ...

This weekend the Ector County Coliseum’s outback arena is bringing the rodeo back to town, but it’s not your typical rodeo.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Jose Salvador and Francisco Ramirez died in a fiery crash when a Ford truck collided with a train in Ector County.

Holten Cole Parker, 26, was convicted in 2020 for drug dealing charges and was given six years of community supervision. Now, ...

Three massive carbon dioxide storage wells have been approved for west Texas, but what does this huge undertaking actually ...

ODESSA, Texas — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially approved the first carbon storage project of its kind in Texas — and it's happening in West Texas.

The stock of Occidental Petroleum (known as OXY) was in the spotlight Monday after securing permits from the U.S.

Ector County ISD recently hosted a State of the District conference, where school leaders covered everything from safety and ...