Texas’ seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment expanded by 33,100 jobs in April. Texas added 326,100 jobs from April 2012 to April 2013. The state’s annual growth rate in April stood at 3.0 perce

Midland’s unemployment rate remained stable in April, according to figures released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission.

GARDENDALE — In response to the recent tragedy in West, Texas Thunder festival organizers have teamed up with fellow Texas music artists to support the West community. The Texas Thunder music festival, running May 17-19 and taking place in Gardendale, will feature The Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Casey Donahew Band, Josh Abbott Band, Stoney LaRue and many more and will raise funds for those ...

Monday's massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, reminded people in Texas of another deadly twister, one that killed 30 people and injured more than 120 others.

Midland has a history of building athletic facilities that reflect positively on and provide opportunities for the community.

LAS VEGAS, N.M. -- The Midland College baseball team completed a series sweep of Luna Community College with a pair of road victories Saturday.

A week of celebration turned solemn for a former Midland family that lost two sisters in a car wreck in Georgia last weekend.

The power of prayer this week is being focused on the foster children of West Texas.

For more information about the event, visit LCU Foundation’s website at www.LCUMomentum.org . Limited corporate sponsorships are still available. If you are interested in being an event sponsor, contact Raymond Richardson on (806) 786-6338.

With the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, it might be expected that Midland is among the top 10 cities with the most job opportunities.

Today marks the one-week anniversary of the Internal Revenue Service's disclosure that it improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like "tea party," "patriots" and "9/12 project" were targeted for the "Be On the Look Out" or "BOLO" list, and often [...]

These obituaries were reported in the May 9, 2013, Advocate: Tallulah Boettcher, Mary Hanson, John Hogue, Robert Holbrook Sr., Richard Mullen, Dale "Moose" Musil, Elnora Perry, Willard Rettig, Odelia Sudbeck, Bill Strange, Dorothy White.

May 16: Robert Powell, co-author of “UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry,” will discuss his book at 2 p.

DALLAS — A rare conclave of five U.S. presidents, bonded by pressures and crises others can only imagine, joined arms Thursday to dedicate the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.

Bethel Baptist Church, at the corner of 16th and I-27, will host a block party from 1-4 p.m. Saturday. There will be a live band, testimonies, bounce house, cotton candy, hot dog lunch, assortment of

A hospitality company with deep Longview roots is embarking on what could be its biggest-ever hotel development in the city.