Presidio County News

The upper half of the state received some rain, but most parts of West Texas and South Texas remained dry.

Ralph Jentsch Special to the Wilson County News June 17, 2008 This is part of an occasional series outlining a journey the author made around the geographical border of Texas in 2004.

Long a cattle community set in the vast Chihuahuan desert, Marfa has grown into an internationally renowned art center in the past three decades.

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez You may detect something familiar about Kieran Fitzgerald's doc, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez , and Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades ...

Firefighters battled a 9,500-acre grass fire in West Texas on Wednesday as Texans dealt with another hot, windy day.

I'm basking in a hot-springs pool, soaking it all in: the immense desert solitude, serrated mountains ablaze in the morning light, and a trio of high notes - 'babbling water, rustling cottonwood leaves, and ...

The following is un update on area wildfires from the Texas Forest Service: Pecos County's Huckaby Fire : 98,200 acres, 40 miles east of Fort Stockton off Gray Ranch Road. via Odessa American Online

The Chinati Foundation's museum in Marfa is like no other art museum in Texas. The Big Bend sky and the desert landscape fading into the Chinati Mountains on the horizon are elements of the minimalist artwork. via The Austin Chronicle

“The idea for donating the property really began in 2003”

Charles Finnell, left, and Leslie Finnell have donated about 25 acres of undeveloped land within the city limits of Holliday to Midwestern State University as a living laboratory for biology students. via Times Record News

“It's not a competition. We don't want people to come here and compete, but celebrate.”

Film on Tulia plays in Marfa Provided Photo The film "Tulia, Texas" screened at the first annual Marfa Film Festival on May 2. The documentary focuses on the 1999 drug sting sting that led to the convictions of ... via Amarillo.com

In the 1970s, Simone Swan apprenticed to Hassan Fathy , and in the late 1990s, she established the Adobe Alliance in the Big Bend area of West Texas in order to realize low-cost housing in the border region. via Materialicious

U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 15-year-old boy late Wednesday who was wanted in connection with a Kansas City double murder in April 2007.Police did not release the teen’s name ... via KansasCity.com

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded two separate fatality accidents this weekend in West Texas. via Odessa American Online

“Although I'm sure the actors had something to do with it and the writers and the producers, but I do think our landscape showed up well”

A small West Texas town is getting a bit of a reputation as "Oscar town." Marfa, in the Big Bend country in Presidio County, is the backdrop for not one but two films nominated for the Best Picture Award this ... via KXAN-TV Austin

Today, January 24th, the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law released a new research study providing demographic and economic information about the almost 50,000 same-sex couples in Texas. via Texas Gigs

“What are you doing that you are not required to do? If we decide not to contribute, what would change?”

City Council members Louie Villarreal and Steve Hampton clashed Tuesday night when Hampton asked former Director of Tourism Kenda Furman to relate the actions of a board member at the Convention and Visitors ... via Fort Stockton Pioneer

Currently on stage at Permian Playhouse, 310 W. 42nd St., is "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus." The production closes today. via MyWestTexas.com

Currently on stage at Permian Playhouse, 310 W. 42nd St., is "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus." The production closes Dec. via MyWestTexas.com

CBP Officers at Presidio Port of Entry Nab Pair Wanted for Child Abduction in Colorado Presidio, Texas - " U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials working at the Presidio port of entry on Saturday ... via News From the Border

“I just wanted to get back into it.”

Painter is named 'Distinguished Alumnus' of Sul Ross State University As a Hale County farm boy in the 1950s and '60s, Gary Painter had equally important role models in his father, who farmed, and granddad, a ... via My West Texas