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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.

A pumpjack rocks back and forth as the sun sets Wednesday April 2, 2014 in Stanton, Texas.

Today, former Texas Tech Vice Chancellor, Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, and lifelong West Texas conservative Jodey Arrington formally announced his candidacy in the Special Election to replace State Senator Robert Duncan .

As much of Texas grapples with lingering drought, a second city in the Lone Star State has begun reusing treated wastewater in a state-approved recycling process to bolster drinking supplies.

Young boys sleep in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz.

A jury summons scam in West Texas has gone high-tech with a caller demanding payment of a $1,000 fine via PayPal or the person faces arrest.

Shortly after the anniversary of the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people, wounded 226, and upended a large portion of the small town of West, Texas, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said the incident was preventable and that it resulted from the failure of a company to take the necessary steps to avert it.

Shortly after Costco announced that it was removing Dinesh D'Souza's book, "America: Imagine A World Without Her," from its stores, it soared to #1 on Amazon.Com .