The last day a person may register to vote in the local elections is April 5. Early voting by personal appearance will be April 18 through May 1. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., on Election Day, May 5. Valor Telecom Communications Representative Erika McMinn said that Southwestern Bell accidentally cut a Valor fiber cable between Monahans and Odessa. Ammons said after the line was cut, Pecos residents could make local calls but not long distances calls.
Valor knows about it immediately because everything is hooked up to alarm systems.
It just doesn't happen and know one knows it. Ammons said that Valor is not worried about this happening again because they understand that it would be fixed as soon as possible. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, Reeves County's jobless rate dropped from 7.7 percent in January to 7.3 percent in February, while Pecos' rate declined from 8.8 to 8.3 percent. The TWC report said that while there were 112 fewer jobs in Reeves County in February, the workforce declined by over 150 from January, which allowed the unemployment rate to continue its recent downward trend. Pecos' numbers show the same trends.