Area News

By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune July 29, 2026 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ended endangered species protections for a Texas lizard that were introduced in 2024 after state Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the federal government over the designation. The dunes sagebrush lizard is a roughly 2.5-inch-long reptile native to the Permian…

By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune July 29, 2026 LUBBOCK — What would normally be unassuming, small parcels of land have caught the eye of Lubbock’s city leaders and have residents up in arms. On Tuesday, Lubbock City Council approved changes to two parcels of land — one to annex an 8-acre tract of…

By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune July 29, 2026 The demand on Texas’ energy grid by 2032 will be nearly double a record that was set last week, and state regulators say they will need more varied electrical generation to meet that demand.  The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) forecasts the statewide electric demand…

By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune July 30, 2026 For the past two summers, Maya Hampton has been driving nearly 200 miles from Killeen to Houston to attend one of the largest Black-owned gaming, anime and pop culture conventions in the country, Dream Con. She, like many across the state and the country, views the…

By Samanta Habashy, The Texas Tribune July 30, 2026 WASHINGTON — Since it joined the Union, Texas has sent just five Republican women to the U.S. House. Next year, there could be four at once. That would be a high-water mark for the Lone Star State, which has more Republicans in Congress’ lower chamber than…

July 28, 2026 Posted by: Maria Peña   Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of “The Odyssey” introduces the epic poem attributed to Homer to a new generation of moviegoers, turning a nearly 3,000-year-old story into a fresh cultural touchstone. The Library’s vast collections, covering centuries of time, document how artists, cartographers and translators around the world…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune July 29, 2026 WASHINGTON — Todd Blanche’s path to permanent confirmation as U.S. attorney general appears endangered amid concerns from Sen. John Cornyn, who says the Department of Justice has not provided him with the assurances he needs to vote Blanche’s nomination through the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel…

By Ayden Runnels, Lomi Kriel and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune July 27, 2026 One of the witnesses to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo has been released from federal immigration custody after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to discharge him. Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego left the Montgomery ICE…

Lindale, Texas – On 7/28/2026 at approximately 3:30 P.M., Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers responded to a three-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Interstate 20 at the 552 mile marker.   A preliminary investigation indicated that a truck tractor-trailer, a passenger car, and another truck tractor-trailer were all traveling eastbound on Interstate 20 in…

Longview, Texas – When you think about healthcare, does the word “innovative” come to mind? Do you think of Community Health Centers (CHCs), like Special Health Resources (SHR)? If not, you should! For more than 30 years, SHR has worked to make healthcare accessible to its neighbors, offering vital services including adult and pediatric primary…