Travis Bubenik
Station ManagerTravis oversees day-to-day operations at Marfa Public Radio, ranging from fundraising and membership endeavors to music programming and the station’s award-winning journalism and storytelling initiatives.
A Houston native and University of Texas alum, he got his start in public radio as an intern at Marfa Public Radio in 2012. He has since worked in various newsroom roles at the station, along with stints at KVNF in rural western Colorado and at Houston Public Media. He was Marfa Public Radio's News Director from late 2024 to July 2026.
His dog Valentine is indeed named after the town.
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A lawsuit filed Friday by the nonprofit People of La Junta for Preservation claims the Trump administration is illegally bulldozing parts of the West Texas park in its pursuit of new border vehicle barriers and patrol roads. Plaintiffs include two people with Lipan Apache heritage who say the project threatens their religious practices. -
Rodney Scott, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, indicated Thursday the agency would stick with its plan to build vehicle barriers and patrol roads in the West Texas park despite growing public outcry. “We are securing this park to protect its legacy,” Scott said in a statement. -
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s border plans in the region say they were caught off guard when bulldozers arrived in the national park last week, after the government had earlier agreed to give plaintiffs a 30-day notice before work began. -
Texas Democrats are urging the Trump administration to delay its plans for building border barriers and roads across the West Texas park. Bulldozers and trucks bearing the logo of the contractor awarded $1.7 billion for the project were seen in the national park on Tuesday as local activists warn construction could start at any moment. -
The weekly program has aired on Marfa Public Radio since 2020. Writer and host Oscar Rodriguez joined us to discuss the back story of the show and this unique Rio Grande dialect. -
Officials in the small West Texas border city of Presidio are asking a federal judge to temporarily block border wall construction, arguing the plan would leave locals vulnerable to “deadly” flash flooding. -
The administration is once again bypassing federal environmental laws to speed up construction on border barriers and related infrastructure – this time for a project in Big Bend National Park and a nearby state park. Six former national park superintendents recently urged the administration to not take that step. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says border wall panels will start being installed in the region late this summer or early fall. Multiple signs of construction moving forward have surfaced in recent weeks, from the development of a “man camp” worker housing facility to apparent deliveries of steel bollards to the region. -
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Only a handful of local West Texas primary runoff elections were on the ballot Tuesday.
