Here is Wednesday's Odessa American, read by volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.  Your narrators are Lyn and Michael.

In this podcast:

• Front page.
• Local.
• Obituaries.
• Death Notices. 

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Here is Wednesday's U.S.A. Today, courtesy of the I.A.A.I.S. Program Share.

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Here is Wednesday's Midland Reporter Telegram, read by volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.  Your narrators are Jeanne, Harriett, Lyn and Michael.

In this podcast:

• Front page.
• Local.
• Education.
• Obituaries.
• Dear Abby.
• M.R.T. opinion column.
• Column by Burr Williams (Executive Director, Sibley Nature Center). 

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Because of technical difficulties, we were not able to upload the Midland Reporter Telegram's local columns for the week of Sunday, February 28 through Thursday, March 4 until now.  Here are those columns, as read by the volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.

In this podcast:

• Gary Ott (Editor).
• Talkin' Texas by Tumbleweed Smith.
• Page 2:  Sunday Morning Line by Len Hayward (Sports Editor).
• Shanna Sissom (City Editor).
• Burr Williams (Executive Director, Sibley Nature Center).
• Ed Todd (M.R.T. writer).
• Mella McKewen (Oil Editor).
• Trish Powell (President, Better Business Bureau, Permian Basin). 

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Because of technical issues, we were not able to upload Dear Abby's columns from Saturday, February 27 through Friday, March 5 until now.  We will leave these columns up until March 19.

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Here is this week's Lifestyle Midweek section, read by volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.  Your narrators are Jeanne and Lyn.

In this podcast:

• Fresh foods:  Conference aims to highlight local production.
• Local foods conference schedule.
• Food Etc.:  Commemorate St. Patrick's Day by preparing meal of traditional Irish foods:
  • Skillet Shepherd’s Pie.
  • Irish Brown Bread.
  • Paddy’s Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup.
• Associated Press:  Best selling books this week.

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Here are this week's Albertson's specials, read by volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.  Your narrator is Harriett.

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Here are this week's H.E.B. specials, read by volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.  Your narrator is Harriett.

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Here is this week's O.A. Religion section, read by volunteers at the Recording Library of West Texas.  Your narrator is Tricia.

In this podcast:

• New shepherd leads the flock:  Antioch finds pastor after speedy search.
• How to define our relationship with one another.
• Why good people miss out on heaven.
• Church news. 

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Here are this week's Basin Business and Permian Basin Oil Report sections, as read by our volunteers.  Your narrator is Michael.

In this podcast:

BASIN BUSINESS

• Lynch Chappell and Alsup celebrates 50th anniversary by giving back to community.
• Names in the news.
• Business Scene:  Midland couple's new business brings video games to the customer.
• Better Business Bureau:  B.B.B. warns: Online payday lenders claim laws don't apply to them.
• The Economist:  Greek financial crisis is no cause for panic, but complacency unacceptable.

PERMIAN BASIN OIL REPORT

• New ownership:  New owners plan to invest in venerable Permian Basin company.
• Rising prices, more drilling fuels rebound in petroleum index.
• Satellites replace small planes as providers of surface images.
• Energy lenders face double challenge from financial, O&G market turmoil.
• Energy Watch:  Listen to message of market, don't lecture it. 

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