The Latest Breaking News from West Texas

Explore the world of the oil business in West Texas with Landman, a new series featuring a star-studded cast. Premiering on Paramount+ on November 17.

The Ector County school district boosted student learning but now faces financial uncertainty. It closed schools and cut costs to stay afloat, but it won’t slash teacher jobs.

In the staunchly conservative Panhandle, LGBTQ+ Texans say political and legal battles overlook their humanity.

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune suggest the new center is more closely aligned with influential conservative actors than publicly discussed.

Like local leaders in many other towns in West Texas, the Kermit City Council spent years saving its tax revenue fearing the energy economy would crash. Now it is struggling to keep up with essential services like trash and road repair.

The emerging technology, paid for by a grant established during the 2023 legislative session, will help emergency health care workers talk with doctors in emergency rooms to better care for critical patients.

A National Weather Service meteorologist says West Texas could see scorching temperatures that are blamed for nearly a dozen deaths return to a more typical level by the weekend as a heat dome is expected to move eastward

Blue Origin just launched Katy Perry and the first all-female crew to space April 14. Here are live updates for the NS-31 mission.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company suffered its first launch failure on Monday.The Blue Origin rocket blasted off from West Texas. No one was aboard, only science experiments. But barely a minute into the flight, the capsule's emergency launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the spacecraft off the top. Several minutes…