Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard
Social Media Host & Producer, Texas StandardWells has been a part of KUT News since 2012, when he was hired as the station's first online reporter. He's currently the social media host and producer for Texas Standard, KUT's flagship news program. In between those gigs, he served as online editor for KUT, covering news in Austin, Central Texas and beyond.
Before joining KUT, Wells served as staff writer and news blog editor at The Austin Chronicle, and covered the Texas Legislature for Gallery Watch. Hailing from El Paso, Wells is a longtime Austin resident whose interests include technology and social media, film and music, and spending quality time with his wife, child and cat.
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The ruling this week calling Texas' ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional prompted plenty of reaction from politicos.One of the lesser-known…
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Update: Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his final "State of the City" address today at noon.Leffingwell's office billed the 40-minute speech as an…
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Morning delays at Austin schools are receiving some ribbing online.Austin ISD, the University of Texas, the City of Austin and dozens of other school…
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Disclaimer: Capital Metro is a sponsor of KUT.Capital Metro's new MetroRapid bus service launched on Sunday. And with the new route came additional…
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The Austin area’s freeze this morning is no laughing matter: The wintry weather – which worsened in tandem with the city’s morning rush hour – snarled…
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Gov. Rick Perry is asking President Barack Obama and the Federal Emergency Management Administration [FEMA] to reverse a decision denying benefits to…
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Austin City Council elections are still some nine months out – but the races are already heating up.Today saw one of 2014’s first official announcements…
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Less than a year after expanding, an Austin startup is shutting down.As KUT reported in February of last year, “Outbox picks up its customers’ mail, scans…
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Nearly two months after devastating floods impacted Southeast Austin, President Obama has signed a disaster declaration for Travis, Hays and Caldwell…
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Update: Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell says Apple’s local manufacturing of the Mac Pro means about 800 new jobs.“I think it’s another day in the life of a…