Five years ago, a local family set out to turn a dream into reality, a dream rooted in flavor, heritage, and heart. In this week’s Basin Bites, we visited Doris J’s, a Midland restaurant that ...

Midland ISD and Ector County ISD are offering multiple locations for kids to get free breakfast and lunch throughout the week ...

The West Texas Super Show returns to Ector County Coliseum with 500+ custom cars, live music, family activities, and special ...

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Not so long ago, the East Texas oilfield was the largest and most plentiful oil patch in the continental U.S. It sprang to ...

Successful measures include a new early-voting schedule, revised mail-voting procedures and limits on curbside voting.

An Odessa man arrested in 2023 after he was found sleeping behind the wheel in the roadway has been found guilty by an Ector ...

The Texas Education Agency has released this year’s preliminary STAAR scores for individual students and for school districts ...

Ector County ISD Board members approved the 2025-2026 compensation plan at Tuesday night’s meeting in line with House Bill 2, ...

ECISD hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on their new state-of-the-art Career and Technical Education Center on Tuesday morning ...

The center is proving hands-on learning opportunities and preparing students for high-paying careers in the Permian Basin.

A rise in Legionella cases across Ector County is raising concerns as the serious bacterial infection can lead to a severe ...