Mary Cantrell
ReporterMary is a journalist committed to serving communities across Far West Texas. Her past experience as a reporter for The Big Bend Sentinel newspaper taught her the value of local news and instilled in her a deep appreciation for the region’s land and people.
Before moving to Marfa in 2021, Mary worked for various non-profit arts entities in Austin and freelanced for Sightlines and Glasstire arts magazines. She is a University of Texas alum originally from the Houston area.
When she’s not busy pursuing stories, she likes to try out new recipes and go on hikes with her partner Cody — one of Marfa Public Radio’s volunteer DJs.
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The new superintendent of Fort Davis ISD, Jason Crow, made a controversial decision earlier this year to close Dirks-Anderson Elementary School because of the district’s strained finances. The move prompted a staff exodus and local pushback, but Crow maintains it’s necessary to keep the district alive. -
A federal judge on Sunday rejected a Presidio, Texas entity’s request to block construction over claims that the Trump administration violated the Rivers and Harbors Act in pursuing the border wall build near the city’s levee system. -
Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham on Friday sent cease and desist letters to Barnard Construction and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, claiming the border wall contractor had performed “illegal” land clearing work on state-owned land in southern Presidio County. -
The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas spoke out against the Trump administration’s Big Bend area border wall plans this week while campaigning in West Texas, calling the wall a "monument to corruption.” -
A recent lawsuit claims border agencies violated the federal Rivers and Harbors Act as part of the Trump administration’s plan for a border wall through the Big Bend region. The Department of Homeland Security responded by waiving that law, so it doesn’t have to follow it. -
Hudspeth County officials entered into an agreement with Barnard Construction this week that will allow the border wall contractor to use and improve two county roads leading to the Rio Grande. The vote revealed riffs in the broader community over whether to fight or comply with the advancing wall project. -
Public records show Ryan Seiders, co-founder of global lifestyle and outdoor brand YETI, is one of the owners of the Moody Bennett Ranch in the state’s Big Bend region. The ranch, which lies in the path of the Trump administration’s planned border wall, has been involved in construction activities getting underway in the region. -
A Presidio photograph that drew worldwide acclaim, revisited -
There’s been a lot of confusion this year about the Trump administration’s plan for new border barriers across the Big Bend region of West Texas. Here’s a rundown of what federal border agencies say they’re planning. -
Las autoridades del condado de Culberson recibieron el lunes nuevos detalles sobre un posible “campamento para trabajadores” con capacidad para 500 personas, destinado a alojar a quienes construyan el muro fronterizo al sur de Van Horn.
