The Ector County Utilities District, a water distribution operation that provides water to over 20,000 people in West Odessa, ...

According to Judge Dustin Fawcett, water well testing was conducted and results determined bacterial contamination within the ...

According to the Ector County Judges office, flooding has “significantly affected” the water in surrounding areas.

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Ector County Judge, Dustin Fawcett confirmed that well water has been “significantly” impacted following immense flooding ...

Ector County Commissioners on Tuesday will take the first step in securing a new courthouse for Ector County to replace what ...

A community fundraiser is planned for Texas DPS Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, who is in critical condition after being ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety has released more information about the trooper who was seriously injured while working ...

Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, a U.S. Army veteran and recent graduate of DPS class A-23, was critically injured while ...

ECISD received an award for Outstanding Special Education Initiative and Outstanding Workforce Development Initiative.

When Justtice Taylor began working at Smith County Jail last year, the inmates made fun of her, and her co-workers worried ...

A DPS trooper was airlifted to a Lubbock hospital Tuesday morning after being struck by a vehicle while on duty in Ector County.