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A large group of cattle crowded around a feed trough on a Texas ranch, illustrating the impact of drought and shrinking U.S. cattle supplies.

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Tyson Shuts Down Beef Plant, Ranchers Blame Drought, Trump Blames Everyone, and Nebraska Just Blames Tyson

Tyson Foods is closing its massive beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, a facility that employs…

lubbock-sucksNovember 22, 2025

Hand holding a piece of Native American beadwork featuring geometric designs in blue, purple, and tan.

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Lubbock Finally Remembers Native People Exist, Plans Powwow Like It’s 1491

In a rare moment of cultural self-awareness, Lubbock has discovered that Native people are, in…

lubbock-sucksNovember 18, 2025

Two workers repair a leaking water line in a muddy rural Texas field as cattle graze in the background.

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Texas Spends $223 Million So Rural Towns Can Finally Drink Water That Doesn’t Smell Like Rust and Regret

Two years after voters threw a billion dollars at Texas’ crumbling water system, the state…

lubbock-sucksNovember 4, 2025

Rows of solar panels installed in a large open field at the Swenson Ranch Solar project site in West Texas.

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Meta to Power Up with West Texas Sunshine, Because Data Centers Need Vitamin D Too

Meta and ENGIE North America just announced a shiny new deal to soak up 600…

lubbock-sucksOctober 28, 2025

Scientists wearing lab coats and purple gloves testing water samples for PFAS contamination in a laboratory.

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Forever Chemicals, Forever Problems: New Mexico Finds Out What Lubbock’s Been Pretending Not to Notice Since Reese

So, New Mexico decided to actually test people living near Cannon Air Force Base to…

lubbock-sucksOctober 27, 2025

Yellow sign on a metal gate reading “The Wildflower Trail is CLOSED due to vandalism and ongoing maintenance” at Lubbock Lake Landmark, with dried wildflowers and grass in the background.

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Wheelchair-Accessible Trail Gets the Lubbock Welcome: Tire Tracks and $10,000 in Damage

Because nothing says “community spirit” like destroying a public landmark, someone decided to take their…

lubbock-sucksOctober 8, 2025

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Welcome to Lubbock, Where Even the Bats Want You Dead

Lubbock officials are waving a big red flag after several rabid bats were found around…

lubbock-sucksSeptember 29, 2025

Close-up of mosquito biting human skin, linked to West Nile virus and St. Louis Encephalitis cases reported in Lubbock County in August 2025.

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Lubbock Adds West Nile & St. Louis Encephalitis to Its List of Local Charms

The City of Lubbock issued a cheery little press release this week: congratulations, residents, mosquitoes…

lubbock-sucksAugust 26, 2025

NOAA fall 2025 temperature outlook map predicting above-normal temperatures across most of the U.S., with highest chances in the Southwest and New England.

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Fall Forecast: NOAA Says Summer Isn’t Over, Blame La Niña

NOAA just dropped its fall weather outlook, and the big takeaway? Don’t pack away the…

lubbock-sucksAugust 21, 2025

Flock of sandhill cranes wading in shallow water at Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.

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Trump Admin Chooses Oil Over Prairie Chickens, Because of Course They Did

Texas’ oldest wildlife refuge, the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, was about to grow from a…

lubbock-sucksAugust 13, 2025

Environment

Tyson Shuts Down Beef Plant, Ranchers Blame Drought, Trump Blames Everyone, and Nebraska Just Blames Tyson

Lubbock Finally Remembers Native People Exist, Plans Powwow Like It’s 1491

Texas Spends $223 Million So Rural Towns Can Finally Drink Water That Doesn’t Smell Like Rust and Regret

Meta to Power Up with West Texas Sunshine, Because Data Centers Need Vitamin D Too

Forever Chemicals, Forever Problems: New Mexico Finds Out What Lubbock’s Been Pretending Not to Notice Since Reese

Wheelchair-Accessible Trail Gets the Lubbock Welcome: Tire Tracks and $10,000 in Damage

Welcome to Lubbock, Where Even the Bats Want You Dead

Lubbock Adds West Nile & St. Louis Encephalitis to Its List of Local Charms

Fall Forecast: NOAA Says Summer Isn’t Over, Blame La Niña

Trump Admin Chooses Oil Over Prairie Chickens, Because of Course They Did

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