ECISD taking $13 million from fund balance
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Facing reduced projected revenues due to low attendance, the Ector County ISD Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a $13 million budget amendment.
The funds...
UT institutions receive $65.4M for cancer research
AUSTIN The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) last week awarded nine University of Texas institutions 37 grants totaling $65.4 million.
“For UT...
Texas Tech University System Regents to meet in Odessa
Regents will have a two-day meeting in Odessa on the campus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Odessa, a press release stated.
The Texas...
OC board to discuss buying trucks
Purchasing trucks with the Permian Strategic Partnership grant for Odessa College’s truck driving program is one of the items on the trustees’ work session...
For poor schools, building repairs zap COVID relief money
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Scholarship opening doors for UTPB student
By Kamryn Wesson
Special to the OA from UTPB
“Being a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship at UTPB has given me an incredible opportunity.”
UTPB mechanical engineering...
UTPB receives more national rankings
UT Permian Basin’s online programs have received more national recognition from one of the nation’s top-ranking publications, U.S. News & World Report. This year’s...
ECISD trustees face opposition
Some new faces have filed for the Ector County ISD Board of Trustees and familiar ones for the Odessa College Board of Trustees.
The filing...
Andrews ISD Board of Trustees call for bond election
ANDREWS During its regular meeting on Feb. 14, the Andrews ISD Board of Trustees unanimously called for a bond election to be held on...
Bond committee talks slowing growth, facility conditions
The Odessa area has lost 3 percent of its population since the 2020 census and this will impact Ector County ISD’s student population, according...