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Meet Midland County Tax Assessor-Collector Mary Helen Bowers
After serving Midland County for 26 years, Mary Helen Bowers was elected as the county's first Black Tax Assessor-Collector in January. Born and raised in Midland, Bowers has worked her way up through the ranks of county operations, and her career has been rooted in public service and community engagement.
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Cupid's Corner: A Valentine’s story for the ages
By Community Submission | Feb 10, 2025
Their first encounter was what dreams are made of.
Cupid’s Corner: From friendship to forever
By Community Submission | Feb 10, 2025
We met through a mutual friend through college, I liked him from the very beginning, but he didn’t notice. He was funny, kind and I was a very shy person, He also had a crush on another girl. She was not interested but liked the attention. We would hang out with mutual friends. I didn’t talk much but he always knew how to get me to laugh. Eventually he made me comfortable talking more, I wanted him to think of me more than a friend, I would come over just to talk to him about anything and everything, his parents loved me instantly.
Cupid’s Corner: A love that grew from the start
By Community Submission | Feb 10, 2025
Juan & Clarissa knew each other since kindergarten! Where Juan was already working his way in, by talking to Clarissa’s parents every time they had school lunches with her!
Cupid’s Corner: A love story written in the stars
By Community Submission | Feb 10, 2025
My name is Melanie Kennedy, I met my husband Lane through my brother.
Cupid's Corner: Long distance love
By Community Submission | Feb 7, 2025
My name is Ashley Nava. I met my husband in 2015. I met him through Facebook. I lived in Long Island, New York. My husband Robert Nava lived in Midland Texas.
Cupid’s Corner: A love that stands the test of time
By Community Submission | Feb 6, 2025
My name is Gorge Onate. My wife and I are 36 and 38 years old. We met when we were 18 and 19, working at Super Mercado in Midland.
Cupid’s Corner: A Love meant to be
By Community Submission | Feb 6, 2025
I’m Kim Neice. It was 2011 in a very small town in eastern Kentucky. I was working in a beauty salon when he walked in for a haircut and changed my life. We started dating, I met his kids, and it felt like we had always been a family. I can’t remember what my life was like before God brought us together.
Cupid’s Corner: Our love story
By Community Submission | Feb 6, 2025
Long ago and far away in a land called “Central Texas,” there lived a young man named Tommy and a girl I will call Nancy.
Cupid’s Corner: A love forged in duty and devotion
By Community Submission | Feb 6, 2025
My name is Alexis Negron and my husband, David Negron, and I have been together since I was the bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding and he was the best man. We were married a short five months later, before he deployed for his fourth time.
Cupid's Corner: We’ve come a little ways
By Community Submission | Feb 4, 2025
We’ve Come a Little Ways
Cupid’s Corner: A love that grows stronger
By Community Submission | Feb 4, 2025
I am Ellesah and my girlfriend of 4 years and counting has been the greatest gift I could have ever gotten.
Cupid’s Corner: Fate knew best
By Community Submission | Jan 30, 2025
This story starts way back in the 90’s…1992--1993 to be exact.
Cupid's Corner: Kailyn and Richard Brown - Our love story
By Midland Times | Jan 27, 2025
Our journey began in high school in January 2016. From the moment we met, there was an undeniable connection—we fell in love quickly and became inseparable. It felt like we had found our person, the one we were meant to walk through life with.
Cupid's Corner: If it hadn’t been you
By Midland Times | Jan 27, 2025
I was married for 26 years to a man who loved me as much as he could, but something was always missing. We raised two wonderful sons, but my husband’s difficult upbringing shaped his ideas about love, leaving me yearning for a deeper connection and shared faith. As a Christian, I faithfully attended church, but my husband did not share that part of my life. The boys and I always went alone, and I often felt unfulfilled.
Meet the Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Permian Basin Kayla Minchew
By DaLeesa Brown | Jan 17, 2025
Kayla Minchew was appointed Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Permian Basin on Sept. 30, 2024. A native of Seminole, Texas, she graduated from West Texas A&M University and holds a background in music therapy. Her career has been focused on nonprofit work, particularly providing mental health and disability support for children and adults.
New Miss Cayce’s Christmas Store co-owner discusses transition, future plans
By DaLeesa Brown | Dec 6, 2024
Liz Carter, co-owner of Miss Cayce’s Christmas Store, discussed her transition into ownership and the store’s future plans in a November interview. A Midland native, Carter became co-owner in February 2024 after a 12-year career as a teacher.
Meet Midland’s New At-Large City Councilman John Burkholder
By DaLeesa Brown | Nov 20, 2024
In an interview with Midland Times, At-Large City Councilman John Burkholder discusses securing the council seat.
Meet Midland’s New District 1 City Councilman Brian Stubbs
By DaLeesa Brown | Nov 19, 2024
In an interview with Midland Times, District 1 City Councilman Brian Stubbs discusses securing the council seat.