Tom Michael
Former KRTS/KXWT News Director
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday on an exclusive ranch near Marfa, Texas, popular among hunters. At a film screening that night in…
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This radio story was first broadcast in 2015. Builder Scott Williams passed away later that year. Saturday is February 14th, Valentine’s Day. And for one…
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Legendary Folk Musician Billy Faier died early Saturday morning. He lived in Marathon in West Texas and played the five-string banjo. He played with some…
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[gallery ids="26662,26661,26660,26622,26632,26631,26633"] This post is being updated continually with information as we receive it. A grassland wildfire…
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January 28 marks a dark period in regional history. In 1918 more than a dozen West Texas residents – of Mexican descent - were executed near the border.…
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Oil has been trading below $30 a barrel this week and that’s bad news for the labor force in the Permian Basin. Some workers aren’t just out of a job,…
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Musician Glenn Frey died this week at age 67. With his band, the Eagles, he helped craft a country-rock sound that defined 1970s pop music in California.…
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12: This is a transcript of our discussion on the drop in oil prices and outlooks for the future, with reporter Lorne Matalon and host…
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On Monday there will be several tributes to David Bowie, the chameleonic musician who died this weekend at age 69. For West Texas Talk, at 6:30 PM, Tom…
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Musician Red Simpson died Friday night at age 81 in Bakersfield, California, where he helped pioneer the “Bakersfield Sound” in Country Music. Along with…