/tags/west-texas West Texas en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:34:33 GMT /energy-environment/2024-10-31/texas-buys-353-000-acre-brewster-ranch-big-bend-national-park The Texas General Land Office purchased the private Brewster Ranch that had been listed for sale at more than $245.6 million. State officials did not disclose a final sale price. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:34:33 GMT /energy-environment/2024-10-31/texas-buys-353-000-acre-brewster-ranch-big-bend-national-park AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /energy-environment/2024-06-07/unchecked-growth-around-big-bend-sparks-debate-over-water-a-prelude-for-texas No one knows how much water sits beneath the desert of Terlingua. Residents worry their wells will run dry, as developers and local officials cheer the tourism boom. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:31:24 GMT /energy-environment/2024-06-07/unchecked-growth-around-big-bend-sparks-debate-over-water-a-prelude-for-texas Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Eli Hartman /texas/2023-05-17/survey-finds-increase-in-first-time-big-bend-visitors-with-most-now-staying-outside-the-park A new 48-page report from Texas A&M University takes a deep-dive look at tourism trends at Big Bend National Park, which saw more than half a million visitors in 2022. Wed, 17 May 2023 20:31:27 GMT /texas/2023-05-17/survey-finds-increase-in-first-time-big-bend-visitors-with-most-now-staying-outside-the-park AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /texas/2023-05-08/west-texas-ghost-town-site-of-film-festivals-and-art-events-goes-up-for-sale Once home to a thriving farming community, the tiny town of Lobo has been owned by a group of artistically minded Germans since 2001. Now, the group is looking for a buyer who shares their creative vision for the property. Mon, 08 May 2023 18:00:11 GMT /texas/2023-05-08/west-texas-ghost-town-site-of-film-festivals-and-art-events-goes-up-for-sale AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /texas/2023-03-22/west-texas-castner-range-designated-a-national-monument The move was cheered by locals and environmentalists who said the declaration will preserve history and create outdoor opportunities for border residents in West Texas. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:00:44 GMT /texas/2023-03-22/west-texas-castner-range-designated-a-national-monument Juli谩n Aguilar /texas/2022-11-16/5-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-west-texas-with-reports-of-shaking-stretching-to-austin The earthquake is one of the largest in Texas history. A geophysicist with the USGS said the earthquake was likely caused by oil and gas industry activity in the area. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:24:46 GMT /texas/2022-11-16/5-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-west-texas-with-reports-of-shaking-stretching-to-austin Andy Jechow /energy-environment/2022-07-25/gasoline-prices-are-soaring-well-above-the-price-of-crude-oil-heres-why Reduced U.S. and European refining capacity, Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine, and even Chinese export limits are all combining to send prices at the pump far higher than they were the last time crude oil traded in the $100-a-barrel range. Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:10:24 GMT /energy-environment/2022-07-25/gasoline-prices-are-soaring-well-above-the-price-of-crude-oil-heres-why Andrew Schneider /energy-environment/2022-05-02/in-far-west-texas-conservationists-revive-a-decades-old-push-for-a-big-bend-wilderness-designation Wilderness areas are the most stringently protected types of public lands in the U.S. A coalition of Big Bend boosters is pushing for Congress to protect most of the park鈥檚 natural areas through a formal wilderness designation. Mon, 02 May 2022 13:28:01 GMT /energy-environment/2022-05-02/in-far-west-texas-conservationists-revive-a-decades-old-push-for-a-big-bend-wilderness-designation AG真人百家乐 Bubenik /texas/2021-07-19/bezos-rocket-launch-from-west-texas-puts-tiny-town-van-horn-in-spotlight Van Horn residents talk about space tourism and their hopes for the future of the tiny town located near the launch site for Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' spaceport. Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:59:49 GMT /texas/2021-07-19/bezos-rocket-launch-from-west-texas-puts-tiny-town-van-horn-in-spotlight Angela Kocherga /texas/2020-05-12/federal-report-backs-storing-high-level-nuclear-waste-in-west-texas From Texas Standard:Even as much of American life has been on pause over the past few months, a plan to move radioactive nuclear waste to West Texas鈥� Tue, 12 May 2020 15:19:25 GMT /texas/2020-05-12/federal-report-backs-storing-high-level-nuclear-waste-in-west-texas Laura Rice