Though it was small, the U.S. rig count posted its first rise in three weeks. Texas was down slightly, but Midland County ...

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The Defenders boys basketball team won back-to-back state titles Saturday, beating Fowler 49-32 in the Division 4 ...

The Midland High School girls powerlifting team competed at the state meet today, with one placing in the top five of their ...

What does AI think a typical Midland-Odessa man or woman looks like? I ran an experiment, and the results were predictable ...

Landman has officially been renewed for Season 2, which is no big surprise, given the popularity and bona fides of the drama ...

ODESSA – The No. 10-ranked Midland College baseball team opened the Western Junior College Athletic Conference schedule by splitting a doubleheader with Odessa College at Wrangler Field on Friday.

I recently moved to Midland-Odessa and have only been a resident for a few months now. Ramping up my move from San Antonio, I dove deep into looking up what exactly is there to do in Midland-Odessa in ...

The UK government is pushing ahead with plans to halt new oil and gas exploration licences ... approach to “tiebacks”, in which new fields can be drilled via adjacent existing fields.

The Trump administration has given Chevron a hard deadline to cease its oil operations in Venezuela after revoking its license last week. Concretely, the Treasury Department is giving the company ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part one of a four-part series. Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic chemicals he worked with in the oil field.