Outgoing Mayor Gerry Messmer wrapped up his seven-year tenure with a final message to residents that highlighted sweeping ...

Inside the community room at Odessa College, representatives from different departments sat on a panel to share why they ...

The year was 1982, and Odessa, Texas, was making national headlines…not for its changing oil industry or its growing economy, ...

A recent report shows that Odessa College has a total annual economic impact of $395 million on the Permian Basin, proving ...

Odessa College invites the community to a Town Hall Meeting at 6 p.m. April 1 to discuss the impact of Vision 2030, the bond proposition on the May 3rd ballot that would support the college's ...

West Texas Food Bank is updating its in-house pantry schedule at both its Midland and Odessa campuses. The changes go into ...

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Odessa Perkins was named the KGET’s 2025 Remarkable Woman. Her story is one of resilience and strength after a traumatic ...

Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research for Americans for the Arts, will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Arts Leaders Luncheon, hosted by Odessa Arts on Friday, April 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p ...

The family of 16-year-old Juan Rios, an Odessa teenage killed after he was ejected during a rollover crash earlier this week, ...

In the booming Permian Basin oil field, a large unincorporated community just outside of the city of Odessa proper has ...

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