The Latest Breaking News from the Texas Panhandle

PHOTO ESSAY: Immigrants in the Texas Panhandle live in limbo under Trump's crackdown

This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors.

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Takeaways from AP's report on how Trump's immigration crackdown resonates in the Texas Panhandle

Confusion and fear are rippling through the immigrant communities of the Texas panhandle, where newcomers have come for generation to work in its immense meatpacking plants

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

I started reporting on the dearth of reproductive health care. Then I had my own emergency.

Texas Tribune journalist Jayme Lozano Carver has written about health care for years. Most recently, she reported on how little access there is for women and new moms in the Texas Panhandle.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 26, 2024

In the Texas Panhandle, a nonprofit is fighting rural child care deserts

The Amarillo Area Foundation is funding new day care facilities in Friona and Claude after the towns found that a shortage of child care is making it harder to fill job openings.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 11, 2024

Federal judge rules Texas university that canceled drag show didn't violate free speech rights

A federal judge has ruled that a university in the Texas Panhandle did not violate the constitutional right to free speech when the school’s president canceled a drag show earlier this year

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023

Cleanup begins after tornadoes hit in Texas and Florida, killing 4 and destroying homes

Cleanup efforts were beginning Friday morning after severe storms spawned tornadoes that left at least four dead, three in the Texas Panhandle and one in the Florida Panhandle as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023

Massive Texas dairy farm blaze caused by engine fire in manure hauler

State investigators determined that a fire and explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of cattle was an accident that started with an engine fire in a manure vacuum truck

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

Dairy farm explosion injures 1 person, kills 18,000 cattle

An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of cattle was the deadliest barn fire recorded since the Animal Welfare Institute began tracking the fires

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023

More than 18,000 cattle killed in Texas dairy farm explosion

DALLAS — A fiery explosion in the Texas Panhandle killed more than 18,000 cattle and critically injured one worker in what is being described as the deadliest barn fire for cattle on record.

Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023

Student group sues after Texas university cancels drag show

A student group at a university in the Texas Panhandle said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that the school’s president violated their constitutional right to free speech when he canceled their planned drag show

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023