My nostalgia got the best of me, and I rewatched the yugioh battlecity episodes. And I'm sorry, but that duel between Marik and Bakura was an absolute read-off.

Learned this lesson recently myself when the manager of a pecan farm corrected my pronunciation during a reporting trip lol.
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Laura did a phenomenal job taking the biggest components of our story and presenting them in such a straightforward, palatable, and groovy way. I've watched this 10 times, and you should, too—especially if you plan to go to Terlingua anytime soon!

The utilities director is the third in two years, by the way.

New: The Texas Water Development Board has rejected Odessa’s application for funds because the city’s 2023 audit was incomplete. The utilities director asked the council to table the issue, saying the agency sent the app backUnclear why the audit isn’t finished. The city can apply again next year.

Huh. Also absent this meeting is Chris Hanie, the member who pushed to expand an ordinance to ban transgender people from some restrooms.

Full house tonight in the Odessa City Council meeting, the first since the election that saw three incumbents, including mayor and two council members, lose their seats. No city manager present. The last one resigned.

In Terlingua, accessing water is a significant challenge. Drilling a well can cost tens of thousands of dollars, with no guarantee of success, making water an expensive and uncertain resource. With water in Texas already being a scarce resource, here are some ways Texans can conserve when they visit

We’re here in Starr County where TX Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is about to kick off construction of more state border wall.

She’s also offered up this land to the incoming Trump administration to build detention facilities for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

I broke the news a week ago about a bill proposing a sweeping rewrite of the Texas severance tax laws. State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, the Odessa Republican who introduced the bill, hopes to redirect a portion of oil and gas taxes to plug wells and lessen emissions.
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Guy on one of those oil field Facebook groups asks about a rig job for him and his brother and…

Today marks 300 days since Israeli forces killed 6-year-old Hind Rajab, her family members, and the medics sent to save her in Gaza.

For months, I have pressed the US government again and again on the killing.

How they’ve responded is shocking.

Watch all 300 days here: zeteo.com/p/300-days-a...

I’m good for opening a post, writing the whole thing out, re-reading it and deleting the whole thing.

Published a story yesterday about a West Texas county pursuing debt to replace a rapidly dilapidating courthouse despite voters rejecting such proposals for at least a decade. So many interesting tidbits came up during the reporting. www.texastribune.org/2024/11/21/e...

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