Mary Cantrell

Officials at Big Bend National Park are reporting a "critical water shortage" in the park’s popular Chisos Basin area after key infrastructure failed just two days before Christmas. The ongoing water outage comes amid one of the park’s busiest times of ye... See more

The holiday season’s one of the busiest times of the year in the Big Bend region of West Texas, beloved for its cool desert temperatures and wide-open state and national parks. There’s currently a new spread of public land being developed in the remote Ch... See more

Midland ISD school board members on Tuesday voted to launch an independent audit of the district’s Special Services Department after recent allegations that students with disabilities were physically and emotionally abused in their elementary school class... See more

Hudspeth County officials issued a disaster declaration last week in response to a “large-scale” fire and “ongoing smoldering” caused by an unlikely source — approximately 50,000 to 100,000 tons of discarded pecan shells. “I’m not a professional on pecan ... See more

On the edge of the West Texas oilfield, people in the tiny town of Toyah are once again having to boil their water before drinking it. It’s nothing new for locals, who previously spent six years on a boil water notice before it was finally lifted in July ... See more