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It's a cold February morning at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area, 25 miles south of Alpine. A 30-person crew stands at attention at…

When it comes to the rivers of the Southwest, tamarisk, or salt cedar, has long been public enemy number one. Introduced for erosion control, the…

West Texans know it as one of the region's signature back-country experiences. Ranch Road 2810 – Pinto Canyon Road – crosses 60 miles of Presidio County,…

Near Langtry, Texas, in January 2017, the Texas Archeological Society hosted the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Academy. It was an immersion in new research into…

As every school child learns from Johnny Appleseed, bringing plants to the people is good work. Since 2002, the Big Bend chapter of the Native Plant…

Beneath the soaring western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains, geologic and chemical forces combine to create a resource humans have sought since…

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time.

If the tax cut for wealthiest Americans is allowed to expire, those households making over $250,000 would see their income tax rate rise from 33 percent to 36 percent and those making upwards of $375,000 would go from a 35 percent rate to 39.6 percent. But does it make sense for the tax rate for someone making six figures to be the same as for multimillionaires?

Owl sightings aren’t unusual in West Texas. You might spot a great horned owl in Alpine or Marfa, a barn owl in a farm building in Presidio or a burrowing owl on the Marathon grasslands. And the irresistible elf owl – which, at less than 6 inches long, is the world’s smallest owl – summers in Big Bend.

Diana Nguyen talks to Marfa Public Radio reporter Carlos Morales about immigration. They discuss national policies shaping the fluctuating apprehension…