Oil Boom

By Mitch BordenThe Permian Basin has never been busier. More oil is being pumped than ever before, thanks to hydraulic fracking, and energy companies are…

By Mitch Borden In Odessa, Blackshear Elementary Magnet is on its last leg. For years the state has said the struggling school needs to improve, and in…

Cost-cutting and advances in drilling technology are helping companies withstand persistently low oil prices. It was almost three years ago when the oil…

The middle class has shrunk faster in Midland, Texas, than nearly anywhere else in the U.S. Overall, more people are getting rich than falling behind. But extreme booms and busts make life precarious.

The falling price of oil is great news for consumers who are saving at the gas pumps, but in the center of the nation’s highest-producing oil field,…

State authorities say icy roads likely caused Wednesday's prison bus wreck just west of Odessa that killed 10 people when the bus ran off an I-20 overpass…