Jayme Lozano

The clinic is mainly used to stabilize patients before transferring them to Lubbock, about 30 miles away.

“We told people, ‘If you don’t vote for it, the hospital is going to close’... The election was defeated, and it was awful that the people in Bowie would throw away a wonderful asset, that access to health care.”

Grape-growers in the Texas High Plains are starting to see their vineyards bloom and come to life, even after facing harsh weather this year.

Van Zandt County is one of 85 Texas counties without a hospital.

Working with the weather: West Texas growers continue adapting to climate change impacts  LubbockOnline.com

“I knew these dogs were going to die if we didn’t do something.”

Throughout the pandemic, rural communities in the Panhandle have struggled to keep up in the fight against the coronavirus. At first they faced limited testing supplies and personal protective equipment. In the fall, they didn’t have enough hospital beds for patients. Now they can’t seem to get vacc…