New Texas Law Eliminates Annual Vehicle Safety Inspections December 27, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune Most Texas drivers will no longer be required to have their cars pass an annual safety exam after state lawmakers...
Texas Farmers and Ranchers Sound Alarm Over Languishing Farm Bill September 30, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the economic catastrophe that could happen if a new farm bill...
Oil and Gas Power Lines Suspected of Causing Texas Panhandle Wildfires August 1, 2024 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune, Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune When a spate of wildfires tore across the Texas Panhandle in February and scorched 20,000 acres of Craig Cowden’s ranch...
Texas Panhandle Prepares for State’s Next Big Wildfire May 28, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Spring rains have revived much of the green grass covering stretches of plains in the Texas Panhandle —...
Decayed, Broken Utility Pole Caused Largest Wildfire in Texas History: Report May 13, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle,...
Bird Flu is Another Blow to ‘Cattle Country’ Following Wildfires March 28, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Cows in the Texas Panhandle have tested positive for the bird flu, another blow to the Texas dairy...
West Texas Ranchers Face Losses After Historic Wildfires March 20, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — There are burned spots on Jay O’Brien’s ranch outside Stinnett that predate the Smokehouse Creek fire. Over the...
Texas Firefighters Completely Contain Panhandle Wildfire March 18, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Firefighters have completely contained the Smokehouse Creek fire in Hutchinson County after a nearly three-week battle with what...
Texas Committee to Investigate Panhandle Wildfires March 14, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan is creating a legislative committee to investigate the Texas Panhandle wildfires to ensure...
Texas Firefighters Make Progress Containing Panhandle Wildfires March 12, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Texas firefighters are gaining more control over the remaining wildfires in the Panhandle, more than two weeks after...