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Two stone gatehouses at the entrance of Buffalo Springs Lake in Lubbock, Texas, featuring American and Texas flags, yellow security gates, and signs for a local boat show.
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Pay More to Touch the Brown Water: Buffalo Springs Lake Discovers the Magic of Basic Math

In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has ever seen a Lubbock utility…

March 6, 2026
An interior view of a data center facility featuring rows of black server racks, a digital power monitoring screen, and three men standing in a narrow aisle observing the equipment.
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Abernathy’s New Best Friends: Data Center Developers Promise Not to Suck the Town Dry (Literally)

In the latest installment of “Developers Say the Darndest Things,” Aligned Data Centers descended upon…

March 2, 2026
A Lesser Prairie Chicken with its signature orange neck sacs inflated, standing in the dry brush of a West Texas landscape.
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Sorry, Birds: The Lesser Prairie Chicken Is Now Just a Lesser Priority

In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has ever seen a “Drill, Baby,…

February 26, 2026
A close-up of a person holding a small blue, pink, and white transgender pride flag over a large yellow protest banner with black hand-painted text.
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Texas Comptroller Race: Because Who Needs an Accountant When You Can Have a Holy Warrior?

In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever spent ten minutes in…

February 25, 2026
A bright red emergency directional sign for the Lynn County Healthcare System stands in front of a flat, barren West Texas landscape under a clear blue sky.
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Drive 60 Miles or Die Trying: The West Texas Rural Healthcare Hunger Games

Well, pack your bags and grab a roadside burrito, because if you live in Floyd…

February 24, 2026
A wide, high-angle view of the Lubbock Feeders feedyard. The image shows dozens of cattle in fenced-in pens in the foreground, with large grain elevators and industrial agricultural buildings in the background under a clear sky.
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Smell That? It’s the Scent of Economic Despair (and Significantly Less Manure)

In a blow to anyone who considers “industrial cow bathroom” a top-tier olfactory experience, Lubbock…

February 23, 2026
Crowd of Texas Tech fans in red filling the stands at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, during a home football game.
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AT&T Finally Realizes Nobody Has Actually Said Their Name Since 2006

In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever tried to get a…

February 20, 2026
Governor Greg Abbott sits at a table flanked by Speaker Dustin Burrows, Senator Charles Perry, and other officials during a press conference in front of U.S. and Texas flags.
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Texas Tech Gets $149 Million to Save the World From the Apocalypse

In a move that proves Governor Greg Abbott has a sense of humor, the state…

February 18, 2026
A close-up of a brown and white cow in a dry West Texas field, representing the record-low national cattle inventory.
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Beef: It’s What’s For Dinner (If You Just Cashed Your 401k)

Welcome to 2026, where the “Hub City” is learning that being the center of the…

February 17, 2026