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Official seal of the Texas Animal Health Commission featuring the Texas state outline and the text “Serving Texas Animal Agriculture Since 1893.”
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Anthrax Is Back, Y’all: Briscoe County Rings in 2026 With a Quarantine and a Dead Steer

Just when you thought the Panhandle couldn’t get more festive, regulators confirmed anthrax in a…

January 7, 2026
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…

November 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…

November 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…

November 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…

October 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…

October 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…

October 8, 2025
Close-up of a bat baring its teeth.
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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…

September 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…

August 26, 2025