Council hands out $500 K in HOT funds
The Odessa City Council awarded nearly $3.5 million in hotel occupancy tax funds during a quick one-hour meeting Tuesday night.
Twenty-one agencies asked for a...
Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to be discussed at City Council
HOT funds are on the Odessa City Council’s agenda for Tuesday night.
Twenty-one agencies have asked for a portion of the city’s hotel occupancy tax...
Trash, water remain top issues in Odessa
It’s still going to be awhile before Odessans will begin to see twice weekly trash pickups, but the situation is slowly getting better, Odessa...
Councilmember seeks ‘control’ of city restrooms
Odessa City Councilmember Chris Hanie wants to change city rules so that birth assignments will dictate who can use what bathroom, not only in...
Council takes some action on water issues
Saturday’s water line break resulted in the loss of 28 million gallons of water because 19 valves meant to help crews shut down water...
Weekend water loss cost Odessa more than $4M
As the City of Odessa is dealing with a second water main break in the last three days leaving some Odessans without water, the...
City repairing another water main break
The City of Odessa is repairing a broken waterline at 42nd and Dawn. As a result, there may be periods of low water pressure...
City issues boil water notice
An electrical issue at one of the City of Odessa’s pump stations has prompted a 24-hour boil water notice for Lawndale, Ratliff Ridge and...
AG orders City again to release public info
According to documents the Texas Attorney General’s Office forced the City of Odessa to release Wednesday, three supervisors in the City of Odessa’s Public...
Utilities director sounds Odessa water plant alarm
City of Odessa Utilities Director Kevin Niles once again sent up some red flags about the Bob Derrington Plant during Tuesday’s city council meeting,...