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Timeline: COVID events that impacted Midland in 2020 Dec. 30, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of18 Dec. 17 -- Midland Health received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, and staff immediately began administering those vials to hospital workers.Midland Memorial Hospital Show MoreShow Less 2of18 Nov. 23 -- The Midland City Council rejected a second round of proposals related to the enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines, even as businesses prepared to return to 50 percent occupancy because of a...

Timeline: Events that impacted Midland in 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of27 The League of Women Voters and The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Womens Club of Midland hosted a candidate forum for MISD board of trustee candidates and Midland College board candidates Sept. 26 at the MLK Center. Two of the MISD trustees won re-election; two of the races went into a runoff.Tim Fischer/Midland Reporter-TelegramShow MoreShow Less 2of27 Midland ISD board members listen to public s...

Newsmakers in 2020: Midlanders capture headlines in turbulent year Dec. 29, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 Dr. Larry Wilson, Midland Health chief medical officer, and President and CEO Russell Meyers stand outside Midland Memorial Hospital on Dec. 7. The two men have kept Midlanders informed about the COIVID-19 situation in Midland County.Jacy Lewis/Reporter-TelegramShow MoreShow Less 2of14 Rick Davis is sworn in as a member of the school board on Jan. 22, 2019, at Bowie Fine Arts Academy. Dav...

Officials: Midlanders should keep up guard heading into Christmas Dec. 23, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail CEO and president Russell Meyers and chief of nursing Kit Bredimus held a press conference on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Midland Memorial Hospital.Jacy Lewis/Reporter-Telegram The message during the last press conference of the United Command Team before the Christmas holiday was pretty simple: Things have improved; let’s keep it that way.  Midland Health CEO Russell Meyers talked about the C...

City council approves small business grant program Dec. 15, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE PHOTO: Midland City Council seats a full council 02/25/2020 with Lori Blong, Michael Trost, Spencer Robnet, Mayor Patrick Payton, Scott Dufford, Jack Ladd and John Norman . Tim Fischer/Reporter-TelegramTim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram The Midland City Council on Tuesday budgeted $1 million to assist small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The creation of a grant program using part of t...

A Christian campaigner for religious freedom in China has been targeted with death threats. Bob Fu, who lives in Texas, is a former Tiananmen Square protester who now runs ChinaAid, a nonprofit supporting persecuted Christians in China.  Release International said he and his family have been traumatized by bomb threats and protests outside the familys home.  The protests took place as Fu delivered an address in Washington, D.C., on persecution in China. The threats caused the family to be...

Council may give $1M to businesses hurt by pandemic Dec. 14, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE PHOTO: Midland City Council seats a full council 02/25/2020 with Lori Blong, Michael Trost, Spencer Robnet, Mayor Patrick Payton, Scott Dufford, Jack Ladd and John Norman . Tim Fischer/Reporter-TelegramTim Fischer/Midland Reporter-Telegram The Midland City Council will consider today using $1 million of its federal CARES act funding to help small businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic and shutdo...

Fu expressed gratitude to the community for their help in 2020 despite it being a difficult year. Author: NewsWest 9 Updated: 7:24 PM CST December 15, 2020 MIDLAND, Texas — Bob Fu, founder of China Aid, has returned home and resumed work from the ChinaAid office. The pastor posted a video on his YouTube page on December 14, sharing an update on his situation from the China Aid office. In his "Victory Report", he explains how much the nonprofit had been able to ...