The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

On Tuesday general contractor Butler-Cohen held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new West Texas Division office in downtown Odessa.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders, Texas A&M Aggies and Texas Longhorns are all on the road this weekend. Here's the weather ...

The University of Texas Permian Basin is gearing up for Homecoming Week, Oct. 19–25. This will be a full week of Falcon pride, campus events, and community fun, all leading up to our Homecoming Parade ...

Thanks to passage of House Bill 8 during the most recent special season of the Texas Legislature, Texas students will have a new battery of tests to take starting in the 2027-28 school year. House ...

New details in Flower Mound’s plans expect the Performing Arts Center at the River Walk to open spring 2029, according to a ...

This week, Odessa Crime Stoppers and Ector County ISD are both hosting the 36th annual Texas Crime Stoppers Conference. The ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Last November, around seven hundred people packed into the Ector Theatre, a renovated movie palace in downtown Odessa, to watch the swearing in of Mayor Cal Hendrick and three city council members.

The legal battle over Texas's new congressional maps is approaching its conclusion in federal court in El Paso, with nearly ...

Nacar Devine has been showing up to federal court in El Paso every day since last week, when a panel of three federal judges ...