Weather
Hub City Navy: Driver Tries to Ford a River on Cesar Chavez Drive, Triggers Actual Dive Team Rescue
It’s early June, which means Lubbock has received its annual allotment of atmospheric moisture—a whopping 1.72 inches for the week, pushing our monumental year-to-date total…
Slaton Farmer Confidently Gambles Entire Livelihood on Lubbock Weather and Middle East Stability
It’s that magical time of year in the Hub City metroplex where local cotton farmers…
Mission Accomplished: Lubbock’s Genius Strategy to Ensure Our Roads Still Flood Anyway
Great news, Lubbockites! City Hall has been working tirelessly on “years of planning” to fix…
Lubbock Emergency Response: 56 Years Later, We’ve Finally Reached a Staff of Five
It’s that time of year again when we dust off the grainy photos of the…
Lubbock’s Own Dustin Burrows Leads the Brave Fight to Keep Texas Summer Camps Incommunicado and Hazardous
Remember last year’s catastrophic July 4 floods? The ones where 137 Texans tragically drowned, including…
We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?
Crack open a warm, un-refrigerated beer, Lubbock, because Texas has officially taken the crown. According…
Dry Heat, Dry Pools: Lubbock Perfects the ‘Concrete Hole’ Aesthetic for Summer 2026
Congratulations, Lubbock! We’ve officially achieved our goal of becoming a literal desert with zero oases.…
Texas Graciously Grants You a Three-Day Discount on Not Dying During the Next Dust-Induced Apocalypse
Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock—filling in for whoever usually handles our impending doom—wants you to know…
Lubbock Opts for the ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Approach to Fire Prevention
In a move that surprises absolutely no one who has ever seen a Lubbock driver…
Mother Nature Clearly Hates Idalou, Local Peaches Scheduled for Early Execution
In today’s edition of “Why Do We Even Try to Grow Things Here?”, our friends…