Environment
Drill, Baby, Drill—Until the Bill Comes Due
Texas spent the last few years riding high on $70-plus oil, stuffing state and local budgets with billions and convincing itself the good times were…
Lubbock Discovers It Loves Trucks, Nation Pretends This Is “New Data”
A new study analyzing more than 9 million used car sales has bravely confirmed what…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…