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Mitch Borden/Marfa Public RadioOn Saturday, voters in the Big Bend and Permian Basin rejected funding proposals for education and water infrastructure and elected new local government officials. Voters in Ector County approved two emergency services districts that will bring fire and EMS operations to unincorporated parts of the county. -
Julian Mancha for The Texas TribuneDonald Trump won Ector County, which includes Odessa, with more than 70 percent of the vote.
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Locals passed the largest of three bond propositions brought by Ector County Independent School District, but rejected efforts to repair a local football stadium and build an athletics facility. -
El Cosmico is in discussions with officials about building or using an existing road through a county-owned park for tourists to access the hotel’s new location. Some locals are strongly opposed to the idea. -
The project, which involved widening the bridge from two lanes to four and adding a new pedestrian walkway, was completed Sept. 15, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. -
In recent weeks, a Midland County official has led a group into a local public library to remove books from the children’s and young adult sections.These attempts to restrict access to books that some say are inappropriate and pornographic are part of a larger effort to censor local libraries.
