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

The group sold out the intimate Olympic Venue in its Boise debut last March, then returned to sell out the 1,000-capacity ...

Laredo’s Juan Garza impressed judges with his semi-custom ride Payne II Entertayne at a top Texas car event featuring custom ...

Some liquid egg products are under a USDA recall after more than 200,000 pounds of the items were found to possibly contain a chemical compound found in bleach. The products may have been shipped ...

As Speed went through his process before agreeing to a one-year contract with a maximum value of $5 million, playing for a former Pro Bowl linebacker whose San Francisco 49ers background included ...

I enjoy traveling. I like long car drives because they provide ample time to listen to my favorite podcasts or an audiobook ...

Fentanyl-laced pills are endangering young lives in the Permian Basin, driving local advocates to raise awareness and push ...

As President Donald Trump enters the first 100 days of his second term, he is once again making his stance on the oil and gas ...

Christian Mingle's claim to fame is that it has the highest percentage of Christian members of any dating site or app in the ...

In this week’s Basin Bites, we visited Benito’s, an Italian restaurant in Odessa that offers some of the most authentic tastes and dishes in West ...

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we recognize an extraordinary woman in our community—101-year-old Cornelia Fawner ...

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