Penwell News

In part one we presented the national study that found nearly ten percent of gamers as pathological.

If grant money can be obtained, Summit is ready to build. October 10, 2009 6:00 AM It appears that only a federal grant - and perhaps a decision on the actual site - stands in the way of Ector County getting a coal gasification plant built by a private company, thus erasing the disappointment after being passed over for the government's FutureGen ...

The deluge of rain on the Permian Basin has given it a thorough soaking, and more is predicted to come.

Gary Vest, economic development director for the Odessa Chamber of Commerce, said one of the reasons to extend JBS Parkway southward is because it will allow Grandview Avenue to be shut down through the Odessa Petrochemical Complex, which could help improve safety and security.

Odessa, a desert? It didn't seem like it Friday and Saturday as a dissipating tropical depression drifted through West Texas, dumping almost two inches in the city and even more in some spots.

Thursday's rains apparently weren't enough to keep a fire from lighting up and growing between 400 and 640 acres south of Penwell, multiple firefighters on scene and over the phone Friday afternoon.

Two West Odessans were taken to Medical Center Hospital with minor injuries after their 2000 Ford Ranger rolled over on Interstate 20 near Penwell, Department of Public Safety trooper James Lujan said.

Eleven firefighting trucks from West Odessa, the city of Odessa and Crane County fought a fire that grew to between 200 and 300 acres Tuesday afternoon along the Ector-Crane county line, Odessa acting battalion chief Hugh Koenig said.