University of Texas of the Permian Basin News

MIDLAND In white lettering, the four-by-eight foot green sign, unveiled Wednesday, read: "Nadine & Tom Craddick Highway." At least three of the signs will soon adorn the new $15 million reliever route, which is designed to bypass Midland and join Highway 349 with FM 1788, just north of the intersection with Highway 191.

It didn't come down in heavy flakes, but heavy flurries left Odessa under a thin blanket of snow early Friday morning that caused school cancellations and other postponements.

Honoring West Texas Hispanic youth and their achievements was the purpose of the League of United Latin American Citizens at the 2009 Hispanic Youth Summit at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Former Parry Sound Police chief Colin Hayes, left, and his wife Elfriede, following the ceremony honouring him as Police Veteran of the Year.

Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams joined about 40 area business leaders, faculty and students for the biannual University of Texas of the Permian Basin School of Business Advisory Council meeting Tuesday on campus.

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Catholic Student Association welcomed Bishop Michael Pfeifer of the San Angelo Diocese to campus to celebrate first Friday Mass Nov.

Members of the Comanche Trails District of the Buffalo Trail Council Boy Scouts of America, which includes Ector County and Andrews County, participated in a flag retirement ceremony on Sunday at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Higher education board recognizes university for freshman program in Odessa. November 01, 2009 6:50 AM ODESSA AMERICAN It's just another feather in the cap of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Odessa Man Charged with Kidnapping and Sexual Assault Found Competent to Stand Trial 10/27/09 The attorney for 24-year old Dwayne Dale Billings confirmed that there will be a hearing for a change of venue.

Within many classrooms at one local junior high school, the snakes, snails and puppy dog tails don't have their usual interaction with sugar, spice and everything nice - at least not in most core-curriculum classrooms.

ODESSA Nikki Pinkerton of Odessa and Matt Koffel of Sabinsville, Pa., plan to marry Nov.

The 2009 Permian Basin Fair & Exposition awarded $34,000 in educational scholarships during its annual event, Sept.

A one-man show Tuesday night at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin is scheduled to bring a little spotlight back to one of the world's most renowned historical figures, Charles Darwin.

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Spanish Literary Club met for the monthly meeting Oct.

The Permian Basin Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants presented an $8,500 check to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin at its annual Shrimp Boil.

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning icons of investigative reporting, spent some time Thursday evening at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin bringing some of their thoughts and experiences to hundreds of people in attendance.

A taco and a hamburger: seemingly different on the outside, but essentially the same.

Soldiers, thousands of them, goose-stepped in perfect unison through Beijing's Tiananmen Square recently, flanked by a sea of red flags amid thousands of military and civilian onlookers.

The City of Midland Health and SeniorServices Department will provide H1N1 vaccine to children ages two and three of Midland.

The music was blaring and the free hot dogs, pencils, notepads, pens and arm bands were being passed out in front of the Parker Ranch House at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.