West Texas

From Texas Standard:Even as much of American life has been on pause over the past few months, a plan to move radioactive nuclear waste to West Texas…

From Texas Standard:It’s a clear, cool morning in West Texas, and about 50 people are watching a helicopter wind its way around the south side of Elephant…

In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It's a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges.

From Texas Standard:Many Millennials, who are often saddled with student debt and face a sometimes shaky job market, have put off large purchases like…

From Texas Standard:Representatives from Texas food banks will gather at the Capitol on Tuesday to talk with legislators about food insecurity and lobby…

From Texas Standard:With communities bowing under the stress of school overcrowding, soaring traffic fatalities, drug abuse and strains on the power grid,…

From Texas Standard.The Permian Basin is in another oil boom. Output is reaching record highs and it’s expected to grow even more. But one issue facing…

From Texas Standard.The next full moon falls on June 27. In the west Texas desert near Marfa – if you are in the high desert grasslands just east of town…

From Texas Standard.Summer is coming. The kids are about to get out of school, and that means trips to the pool. In Texas, there is one pool that stands…

From Texas Standard.Out in the sand dunes of west Texas, a tiny lizard has been wrapped up in a big controversy for years. The four-inch long dunes…