Mitch Borden
Permian Basin Reporter & ProducerMitch first picked up a microphone as a radio producer in Nome, Alaska. There he did everything from covering the Iditarod to hosting the morning music show. After his time in the north, he was hooked on radio. So, he attended the Transom Story Workshop to hone his skills and then returned to the 49th state to work as a reporter in Kodiak and Bristol Bay.
When he’s not covering the news you’ll probably find him wandering around with his camera and a cup of coffee.
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In West Texas, many local-level races with only one party participating are being essentially decided in the Super Tuesday primary elections.
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The Midland County DA race will be decided in the March 5 Republican primary. Current Assistant District Attorney Kyle McCardle is facing off against former federal prosecutor Glenn Harwood to be the community’s top prosecutor.
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On Monday morning, a gunshot was reported outside of Odessa High School after a fight broke out. Officials say the campus was not the target of the shooting.
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The window for Midland residents to enter the city council race is officially open. The filing deadline is March 4.
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Since early December, crews worked to find and plug the well that caused the surface blowout. Officials and researchers are now trying to figure out what caused this leak and others like it in the area.
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For over a month, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s oil and gas regulator, has worked to plug a massive leak in an aging oil field near Fort Stockton — spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process.
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This year, the station's reporters, producers and contributors captured the stories of West Texas — from celebrations of the border's deep history to stories on environmental issues in the Permian Basin.
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During the pandemic, filmmaker Alejandra Vasquez traveled to her hometown of Denver City to document her family over the course of a historic oil bust.
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Over the weekend, the Friends of the Ruidosa Church held its third annual community day. It was a celebration of the ongoing restoration of the historic site as well as the return of a special artifact.
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Locals passed the largest of three bond propositions brought by Ector County Independent School District, but rejected efforts to repair a local football stadium and build an athletics facility.