The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement, made over 20 ...

Ongoing increases in production and consumption of shale gas continue adding carbon emissions to the atmosphere as industrial ...

Diamondback Energy is in talks to buy Double Eagle, a big West Texas energy producer, a sign that consolidation in the country’s biggest oil patch isn’t slowing down.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The Falcon Day of Giving is a chance for alumni, students, faculty, staff and supporters to give back in a meaningful way.

On the heels of several major arrests last month as part of an anti-human trafficking initiative, we wanted to take a closer look at trafficking in the Basin; ...

Driverless trucks have been carrying loads of sand in New Mexico’s oil patch as a Texas company tests its newly equipped “robotrucks” in the Permian Basin. Two semitrailer trucks owned by Atlas Energy ...

The Texas DPS arrested over 20 individuals and rescued 4 victims in a human trafficking crackdown in the Permian Basin, with ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

In January, multiple agencies worked with the Texas Department of Public Safety to help stop the exploitation and ...

Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, made over 20 arrests and rescued ...