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Silicon Prairie or Signs of the Apocalypse? Lubbock Freaks Out Over AI Data Centers
Our visionary city leaders are desperate to turn the Hub City into a tech mecca,…
Thanks For Saving Us From A Raise, Ken: How Paxton’s 100-Lawsuit Binge Kept Texas Proud and Poorer
Remember in 2024 when the federal government threatened to force employers to pay overtime to…
Welcome to Texas Tech, Where “Systemic” is a Dirty Word and Reality is Optional
Texas Tech’s brand-new Chancellor, Brandon Creighton, has apparently decided that college students are far too…
West Texas Celebrates Barely Surviving Last Year’s Measles Outbreak By Making It Easier to Skip Vaccines
After the historic 2025 West Texas measles outbreak—which managed to kill two school-age children and…
Groundbreaking Innovation: Lubbock Approves Even More Chicken Fingers and Oil Changes for Q2 2026
The second-quarter commercial permit filings for 2026 are officially in, and to absolutely no one’s…
Lubbock Streets Continue to Mirror a Real-Life Mario Kart Track, Minus the Fun
Welcome back to another edition of “Will I Survive My Commute?”, the favorite daily game…
Project Caprock is Bringing AI to Abernathy, Because What Our Power Grid Needed Was More Homework
Just what the South Plains needed: more digital infrastructure to power the global supply of…
Happy 250th, America: Lubbock Authorities Desperately Beg Residents Not to Burn the City Down This Saturday
It’s America’s 250th birthday, the Fourth of July falls on a Saturday, and local officials…
Charles Perry Terrified That Lubbock Students Might Accidentally Read a Book
Our heroic State Senator Charles Perry recently graced a Lubbock ISD board meeting to save…