Travis Bubenik

Presidio County in Far West Texas is hours away from major hospitals and lacks some basic health care services, but the county’s vaccination rate has far outpaced most of Texas.

The Colorado River and its tributaries irrigate some of the country’s most productive farmland, in Western Colorado. But agriculture in this arid region is

Rural parts of the Lone Star State are facing a shortage of hospital beds, creating a perilous situation for small-town Texans who contract Covid-19.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is sending more than 70 health workers to the border city of El Paso as a resurgence of the coronavirus has officials warning of “virus fatigue” and urging residents to t…

“It’s an unusual thing for environmentalists and oil companies to be on the same page, and we are on this issue,” says an Austin-based environmental advocate.

Texas regulators on Tuesday moved forward with proposed administrative changes that are expected to become part of a broader effort to tackle the years-long problem of oilfield flaring, where compa…

The 6-3 opinion was authored by Neil Gorsuch.

Some worry the coronavirus pandemic’s financial toll on Texas ranchers could wind up rivaling the impacts of a devastating drought from almost a decade ago.

A federal review of a plan to move highly radioactive nuclear waste to rural West Texas from sites across the U.S. has concluded that regulators should approve the plan because it would not lead to…

Towns in West Texas are debating whether to follow the governor’s lead to reopen parts of the economy or keep their guard up for longer. Small towns in rural West Texas like Marfa are weighing whet…

US-Mexico border closed to most travel as crisis grows  TucsonSentinel.com

Construction on a hotly contested natural gas pipeline through the Texas Hill Country could proceed quickly after a federal judge on Friday declined…

Facing criticism over multiple cases of immigrant children dying while in government custody, U.S. border officials on Tuesday defended their agencies’ approach to caring for families and children …

An environmental group reached a tentative settlement Tuesday in a federal air pollution lawsuit targeting a natural gas plant in the heart of the nation’s largest oilfield.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service regularly warn us about bad rain storms and hurricanes. But now, in Houston, they’re hoping to improve warnings about a less-discussed, but no less dangerous, weather risk: heat.

The Permian Basin leads the U.S. in oil and gas production. With drilling expanding into more areas, what does it mean for West Texas?

“It’s a matter of what makes the best sense at the time, and being open to the possibilities of change,” one preservationist says.

As oil and gas exploration pushes out further west, what’s at stake for the state?

In West Texas, natural gas flares dot the horizon, a sign of how oil drilling is growing faster than pipelines and other infrastructure.

Rocked by Friday’s shooting at Santa Fe High School, the religious community is looking for answers. Some faith leaders and churchgoers say prayer needs to return to school.