Ruth Campbell

The University of Texas Permian Basin hosted a Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 8 at the Student Activity Center. Community members, veterans, and UTPB staff, faculty, and students, gathered to honor the men and women who have bravely served our country. The UTPB Band performed, and attendees wore red, white, and blue. The band honored each [...]

Odessa Collegiate Academy graduates Arleen Sanchez and Nataly Sotelo have returned to teach at the campus they graduated high school from. Sanchez earned an associate degree in biology from Odessa College and a bachelor’s of chemistry from University of Texas Permian Basin. Sotelo has an associate degree in general studies from OC and a bachelor’s [...]

Alamo STEAM Academy, on its way to implementing project-based learning, got a visit from the New Tech Network and other districts to get a look at how the elementary campus is doing on its transition. The school, which has 353 students, joined the New Tech Network this fall. It will be a feeder school to [...]

The Texas Shakespeare Festival Roadshow returns to Odessa once again next week. About 2,000 students from throughout West Texas will get to see live theater, possibly for the first time, during the roadshow’s weeklong appearance at the Globe Theatre on the Odessa College campus. The school shows will start Nov. 18 and public performances will [...]

Andrea Davila just started with the Ector County ISD Police Department in January, but she’s already found a home at Bowie Middle School. Davila has been an officer for about five years and came to ECISD from the Ector County Hospital District. A single mom of three daughters, she wanted to see the school side [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Members of the Odessa Retired Teachers and School Personnel Association were urged to contact Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to help get a Senate Bill passed that would make their financial lives easier during a meeting Monday at Highland United Methodist Church. State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, R-Odessa, was the guest speaker. House Bill 82 [...]

Prekindergarten students at Alamo STEAM Academy are giving back to those in need in Ruidoso who recently faced wildfires and floods. The items will be delivered by James and Alissa Goates. Kids and families from the classes of Henley Price and Ashley Perales donated everything from clothes to toiletries. The items will be transported to the food bank in Lincoln County, [...]

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 [...]