Railroad Commission approves oilfield waste ponds next to Baptist camp in Permian Basin

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Driving in West Texas is deadly dangerous. A new report measures how much.

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Texas’ oil and gas production surges even as federal government clamps down on environmental regulations

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Texas companies reported releasing 1 million pounds of excess pollution during recent cold snap

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This West Texas town has a lot of money in the bank. Why can’t it pick up its trash?

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Tim Dunn, the powerhouse GOP donor, to sell his West Texas oil company for $12 billion

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An effort to prepare West Texas students to work in the oil and gas industry is expanding

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In a hot oil and gas economy, a West Texas welder charts his own course one cup of coffee at a time

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In West Texas, schools hope skeptical voters will OK debt to upgrade crumbling, overcrowded buildings

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As West Texas’ population grows, the need for more mental health care does too

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