Dominic Anthony Walsh
Dominic Anthony Walsh is a Trinity University student studying communication and communication management. He is the student director of programming for Indie Overnight on Trinity’s KRTU 91.7 FM, where he got his broadcasting start as creator and host of The Hippie Coffee Hours in 2017. Starting in the fall of 2019, Dominic will serve as platforms coordinator and podcast producer for the Trinitonian -- Trinity’s campus newspaper, where he began his journalism career in 2017 as a feature reporter. Prior to enrolling at Trinity, Dominic spent six years in the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. He formed his first rock band in 2015 with other youth musicians from YOSA. Since then, he has stayed active in the local music community as a member of Elnuh, Sugar Skulls, and Samantha Flowers, among other projects. Dominic will graduate from Trinity in 2020 and intends to continue working as a broadcast journalist.
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The grid is unlikely to be tested this weekend in the same way it was during last winter’s prolonged, severe winter storm. -
The side effects of many common contraceptives are already difficult, and many Texans are now navigating that landscape without a comprehensive sex education, supportive doctors or health insurance. -
If permitted by federal regulators, it will lift off from a beach-side facility at the southern tip of Texas. But residents and researchers have criticized the permitting process, saying the company has flouted rules at the expense of the environment and the community. -
The market redesign is ongoing, and the grid operator has already made some changes to improve reliability. Nonetheless, officials warn Texans to expect more energy conservation requests in the coming weeks as temperatures rise. -
Republicans tried to shift political power in 2003. Now, they want to preserve it. This time, national Democrats have the power to do something. -
ERCOT has released a preliminary report about the causes of the power outages during February’s winter storm. But some stakeholders are already calling for it to be clarified — or even retracted. Industry experts say the news media and public are misinterpreting the data. -
For the first time since six ERCOT board members resigned, one of those board members gave a one-on-one interview about the power failure, the political fallout and the financial future of the grid in the wake of last month's deadly outages. -
At least 2 million Texans lost power on Monday, during one of the worst winter storms in state history. -
A Texas Public Radio-Houston Public Media investigation has uncovered new details about the aftermath of the 2013 ammonium nitrate explosion in the City of West — one of the largest and deadliest chemical disasters in recent U.S. history. -
In Bergheim, Texas, just north of San Antonio, there’s a skunky smell in the air.
