OC spring graduation set for Saturday
Odessa College will have its graduation at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ector County Coliseum, 4201 Andrews Highway.
Grads ready to celebrate the big day
When some ECISD seniors walk across the stage and graduate later this month, they will be the first in their families to do so.Their...
BASA to launch weather balloon
The Bowie Aeronautics and Space Academy will launch a weather balloon and transponder at 9 a.m. Saturday from the Bowie Middle School Football Field,...
Mission patch winners ready for launch into space
Two Ector County Independent School District students will have their artwork launched into space in the form of mission patches. The patches will accompany...
Texas Tech gets NIH grant to develop device
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Odessa has received a National Institutes of Health grant to develop a device...
Uniforms take effect next fall at Gale Pond Alamo
Gale Pond Alamo STEAM Academy students will be donning uniforms next fall after a poll of parents and staff.Students weren’t surveyed, but a majority...
Education Foundation awards teacher grants
The Education Foundation has awarded more than $150,000 to ECISD teachers for innovative projects in the classroom for the 2018-2019 school year.The Education Foundation...
OC unveils sixth commitment to students
Following up on last year’s “College2Career: Five Commitments to the Students of Ector County,” Odessa College officials unveiled a sixth commitment — the first...
Texas Tech health sciences building taking shape
Dignitaries from the Texas Tech University System, legislature and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Odessa recently toured the new academic building, which...
ECISD: District shows gains in preliminary STAAR scores
Ector County Independent School District fifth- and eighth-grade STAAR tests show an increase in overall passing rates on the State of Texas Assessments of...