Andrews News Archives

“As taxpayers and title payers and everything else, we still don't have the right to do anything here.”

Liz Adeola CBS 7 News April 24, 2008 Andrews, Texas - "If you would've known my daughter, she was a beautiful girl. via KOSA

Jaben Hernandez and his mom and dad spent seven days at Disney World. Jaben is the short one, a bundle of energy and joy. via KOSA

Northwest Church of Christ, 1141 N. Willis St. Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Topic: "The Litmus Test of Personal Discipleship" Delivered by: Pat Andrews Synopsis: Litmus paper is used to test for acids and ... via Abilene Reporter-News

“It can be $3 one day and $3.48 the next day”

Police officer Robert Blackman said he sees a gas pump every day. "I either fuel up at the beginning or the end of my shift," Blackman said. via Odessa American Online

“We should break ground by the end of the year”

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Story last updated at 4/22/2008 - 2:39 am Andrews-based Commercial State Bank said Monday it has acquired Kent County State Bank in Jayton and its affiliate, West Texas Bank in Lubbock. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Java Junction won the bid for the west end concession back in February. But ACE Arena General Manager Steve Mitchell says the owner of Java Junction told him he's "too stressed out" to start a new business. via KOSA

“It is exciting for all Catholics that the Holy Father is coming to the United States”

AP/Gerald Herbert President Bush escorts Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday. via Killeen Daily Herald

“I look like this oasis that they picked it up when it was burning and then they put it back down”

ANDREWS A day after a wildfire burned 5,000 acres in Andrews, firefighters were putting out the last hot spots while workers replaced charred telephone poles. via Odessa American Online

Andrews Wildfire Destroys Home 04/11/08 Mike Barker CBS 7 News April 11, 2008 Andrews, TX - An Andrews couple lost everything they owned in a five thousand acre wild fire south of the city Thursday afternoon ... via KOSA

“Obviously we don't get sworn in until January, but we can't wait. There's too much to do. What I want to get done and what the voters have told me they want are going to take a lot of work.”

Tryon Lewis, barring a Libertarian miracle, is headed to Austin. Pending the November election and defeat of Libertarian candidate Elmo Hockman, Lewis will take up his freshman term in the State House of ... via Odessa American Online

Early voting in April 8 runoff election continued Tuesday in Ector, Andrews and Winkler counties. via Odessa American Online

“In the past, the most we've ever had was 39, and we've already had 105 so far. For a runoff election, it's very heavy.”

BY DAVID J. LEE There's no doubt early voter turnout in the April 8 Republican runoff election has been uncharacteristically high. via Odessa American Online

Seedlings, cuttings, and plants donated by the Anderson Mill Gardeners. This club is part of the original 40-acre tract where Thomas Anderson built his gristmill on Cypress Creek in the 1850s. via Austin American-Statesman

“We believe that community, economics, environment, and design need to be addressed simultaneously through urban design and planning”

The big top of New Urbanism is coming to town CNU XVI: New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis a congress that will showcase, shame, and enlighten our local development leaders April 2-6. Not unlike a certain ... via The Austin Chronicle