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If you're a fan of fast and furious cars, you'll want to listen up. The West Texas Porsche Club set up a mini racetrack the parking lot of the South Plains Mall on Saturday, so drivers could come out and test their skills.

Gary Oliver, who said that he "rode into Marfa on a bike and never left," is working against the higher tax bills that many residents are receiving.

The landscapers at this 45-acre solar farm northeast of downtown do not complain that they are only paid in shrubbery.

The Bridgeport city council will vote Tuesday on a policy to make after-school programs at the parks and recreation department safer for children.In a public hearing during their regular meeting, council members will discuss renewing an ordinance that would implement a Youth Services Standards of Care Policy for the department's after-school ... (more)

By Robert Burns -Texas AgriLife COLLEGE STATION - Because of significant damage from an April freeze along with other factors, it's become difficult to estimate the size of the Texas pecan crop, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

Linda Hooper speaks about her son's rough childhood and the years leading up to his adoption.

One of the best parts of retirement, for singer-songwriter Mac Davis anyway, is the power to screen calls: ignore some and answer only those that sound like fun.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - City officials began blending 5 million gallons a day of treated wastewater into their municipal water system this week, launching one of the biggest so-called direct reuse programs in the country.

Texas has more wind power generation than any other state, so it's only fitting that Texas regulators are starting to ask some tough questions about wind power subsidies.

A new species of plant has been found in the remote West Texas town of Valentine.

Where: The Houston home of Jeff Fort, who divides his time between the big city and his ranch near Marfa.

Investigators have ruled out foul play in the death of a swimsuit-wearing woman whose body was discovered at a West Texas lake.

A fertilizer plant surrounded by homes, schools, and a hospital. A chemical tank that was externally examined but not drained of liquid for a more thorough inspection.

Fixer Upper hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines create the perfect new abode for a Texas mom after her former home was destroyed by the fertilizer-plant explosion in West, Texas.

A fire destroyed her home and main source of transportation last week, but Yvette Childers says she still has her best friend.

An empty detention center in Littlefield, Texas is being considered as housing for the overflow of illegal immigrants in the state.

Jennifer Burke, city coordinator for the "Living Proof Live" event, described Moore as a speaker who's "very in-depth" but "very easy to understand."

Jeff Brown has been vice president of sales at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and A-J Media, which is part of Morris Communications, for nearly seven years.

A jury summons scam has surfaced in West Texas in which a caller demands payment of a $1,000 fine via PayPal and threatens arrest if the fine isn't paid.

The villain is back and boy howdy there's trouble! He is trying once again to swindle people out of their much needed and hard-earned money.