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West, Texas is located in McLennan County. Zip codes in West, TX include 76691. The median home price in West is $119,900. More West information.

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40 min ago | Market Wire

Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces GBP 450,000 Advance

Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has agreed to an advance in the gross amount of 450,000 pursuant to its 6 million Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated November 23, 2012 between the Company and YA Global Master SPV Ltd., an investment fund managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, LP .

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4 hrs ago | Monterey County Herald

Other views: When self-policing fails

Sometimes, a voluntary best-practices approach to industry self-regulation works best to raise standards and minimize government intrusion.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

D Magazine

Leading Off

On the night of the West, Texas explosion, 130 residents from the rest home, just 200 yards from the plant, were rescued.

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KCBD-TV Lubbock

Hockley County volunteers watching the skies for severe weather

The West Texas weather is constantly changing and one organization in the South Plains is making sure they're always ready.

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Concord Monitor

Photos: National Guard training for Afghanistan

Soldiers from the 238th Medevac Company of the New Hampshire National Guard take off from Ft.

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Las Cruces Sun-News

Railroad museum in El Paso needs new home

A railroad museum in West Texas has left a locomotive behind after being evicted in a rental dispute at a city-operated building.

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KOSA

Viva Midland Going On This Weekend 06/17/13

CBS 7 News Robert Guaderrama rguaderrama@cbs7.com June 17, 2013 MIDLAND, TX- West Texas get ready for a weekend of fun, food and music in the Tall City.

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El Paso Times

Risks remain in wake of West, Texas, fertilizer plant blast

Two months after a fertilizer-mixing plant in West, Texas, exploded, the state fire marshal has identified 16 other such facilities, but he hasn't checked whether they're close to homes and schools the way the facility in West was.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

WFMY 2 Greensboro

Triad Missionaries Help Rebuild West, Texas

Two months after an explosion that felt like a 2.1 magnitude eathquake in West, TX, volunteers fromm Alamance County are helping out.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Dromgoole: Summer reading from Jodi Thomas, Diane Kelly

Jodi Thomas of Amarillo, who will receive the A. C. Greene Literary Award at the West Texas Book Festival in September, now has six novels in her Harmony series.

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Your News Now

Capital Tonight: Texas House takes up ethics, redistricting and the West investigation

The House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety met to discuss the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.

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KIII

Local Woman Makes Ribbons in Remembrance of West Firefighters

Monday marks the two-month anniversary of the devastating explosion in the small town of West, Texas, where the clean up process is still ongoing.

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OurFuture.org

Rick Perry Offers Country A Race-To-Bottom Death Spiral

Texas Governor Rick Perry is on a "job-poaching" trip to New York . Let's say he "attracts" some businesses to move to his low-wage, low-tax state.

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The Washington Post

Cotton Drops for First Time in Four Sessions as Rain Aids Crops

Cotton futures fell for the first time in four sessions on speculation that wet weather in India and Texas will ease a decline in global production.

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Yahoo!

Texas desert influences Black Angels' sound

The Black Angels are doing more than their fair share to ensure the world knows their hometown of Austin, Texas, is the capital city of psychedelic rock.

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The News-Press

Cape Coral woman talks about losing father, uncle in Texas disaster

It was one of the most beautiful caskets Marqee Snokhous had ever seen: a rich cherry-wood tint with an American flag draped over the top.

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KMID

West Texas Food Bank Offers Summer Food Service Program

The West Texas Food Bank wants to make sure children don't go hungry this summer.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

KOSA

Sunday's Child - Hailey 6/16/13

Tatum Hubbard CBS 7 News June 16, 2013 This week's Sunday's Child is a beautiful young girl with a sweet spirit.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Marfa Film Festival brings red carpet to West Texas prairie

The paparazzi, glitz and glamour surrounding film festivals worldwide is making room for open-air screenings under a blanket of stars on a West Texas prairie.

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KOSA

Homeland Security Helicopter to Fly Around Parts of West Texas Checking Air Quality 6/16/13

CBS 7 News June 16, 2013 Monahans - Helicopters will be hovering around Monahans the next few weeks, and the reason may surprise you.

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