Yardbarker highlights the 10 most important people leading into the weekend in college football each week. Here’s who we’re keeping an eye on in Week 3. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Power plant expansion tied to Bitcoin mining faces backlash in rural Hood County
Granbury residents say a noisy Bitcoin mine keeps them up at night. Now a plan to expand the power plant that fuels the mine is drawing opposition over pollution concerns. Read: Read…
El Paso Matters – Socorro ISD students are at top of charts in 2024 STAAR/EOC results
Results from the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness and End-of-Course (STAAR/EOC) tests, which were administered in spring 2024 show that students in the Socorro Independent School District are at the…
Texas Monthly – Odessa’s mayor ran to help the West Texas city “repent.” Now he wants a second term.
Under Javier Joven’s leadership, his critics say, the Odessa City Council has lost focus on municipal issues like roads and water infrastructure. Read: Read More
El Chuqueño Blog – Gentrification and Income Inequality in Oaxaca
The benefits of “economic development” are unequally distributed. Sound familiar? Here’s a story bout that theme, and censorship, and tourism in Oaxaca. It could happen here. Hell, it’s already happening here. Are…
Texas Monthly – Some Texas Democrats in 2024 Are Running on the Republican Immigration Policy of 2018
Beto O’Rourke spent Father’s Day six years ago in Tornillo, a tiny settlement about an hour southeast of El Paso. The federal government had set up a tent camp for migrant children…
Yard Barker – Colorado State WR uses controversial language to turn up heat on Colorado rivalry
Monday will be the one-year anniversary of Colorado’s high-intensity 43-35 victory against Colorado State during the 2023 season. On Saturday, the in-state rivals will face each other for the first time since…
Texas Monthly – The Texanist: The Rio Grande Valley Isn’t Actually a Valley, Is It?
Q: Two friends at my weekly 42 dominoes game are from the Rio Grande Valley. When I asked them why Texans call a flat floodplain a “valley,”when a valley is actually the…
Texas Monthly – How Goldee’s Barbecue Trained Some of the Best New Pitmasters in Texas
This week, two Texas barbecue joints have received serious accolades from national magazines. Barbs B Q, in Lockhart, was named one of Bon Appétit’s best new restaurants, and Jalen Heard, Lane Milne,…
Yard Barker – Return of the Pac: Pac-12 building back up with MWC additions
The Pac-12 isn’t going down without a fight. Read: Read More