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07/19/11 HORIZON CITY, Texas (AP) -- The cinderblocks that make up Maria Teresa Escamilla's new home will do little to shield her from the triple-digit heat that has been scorching West Texas.
07/19/11 A West Texas county suffering from drought is getting $2.8 million to use wind power to make brackish groundwater drinkable.
07/19/11 The cinderblocks that make up Maria Teresa Escamilla's new home will do little to shield her from the triple-digit heat that has been scorching West Texas. She has no electricity yet, and the roof is not properly attached, leaving the interior exposed to the elements
07/18/11 The cinderblocks that make up some homes do little to shield people from the triple-digit heat that has been scorching the West Texas region. Some houses are without electricity or running water.
07/18/11 HORIZON CITY, Texas - The cinderblocks that make up Maria Teresa Escamilla's new home will do little to shield her from the scorching heat that has been blanketing West Texas. She has no electricity yet, and the roof is not properly attached, leaving the interior exposed to the elements.
07/18/11 HORIZON CITY, Texas (AP) - The cinderblocks that make up Maria Teresa Escamilla's new home will do little to shield her from the triple-digit heat that has been scorching West Texas. She has no electricity yet, and the roof is not properly attached, leaving the interior exposed to the elements.
07/18/11 Abilene's Beau Davis overtook a fading Brenden Redfern with a sizzling 67 Sunday to win the West Texas Amateur Championship at Abilene Country Club's Fairway Course.
07/18/11 BATON ROUGE -- The Baton Rouge Capitals broke open a tie match against the West Texas United Sockers in the second half, scoring three goals in a four minute span and snapping a two-game win streak for the Sockers with a 6-2 victory at Christian Life Academy Stadium on Sunday.
07/17/11 share: digg facebook twitter Three months after the Rock House Fire charred a huge swath of West Texas land stretching north from Marfa, divisive issues remain unresolved.
07/17/11 As the heat rages in West Texas, many looking to escape the heat have to look elsewhere as area lakes' water continues its disappearing act.
07/15/11 Customs officials have seized pickled pork skins hidden in a container of coffee creamer that a Colorado man was attempting to smuggle across the border into West Texas.
07/14/11 The major electric power provider for much of North and West Texas says it is considering closing or reducing operations at some of its coal-fired plants to meet new federal clean-air rules.
07/14/11 On Friday, members of the Borger Bulldogs varsity and junior varsity football teams will take part in the first Wayland Baptist University-West Texas 7 on 7 Tournament.
07/14/11 Department of Public Safety officials said one of the top 10 most wanted sex offenders in Texas was arrested Wednesday in West Texas.
07/14/11 Express Energy Services is one of the largest rathole service providers in the U.S. with operations in West Texas, Barnett Shale, Eagle Ford Shale and the Marcellus Shale. We are proud to announce that we are now expanding our rathole presence to include Elk City, Oklahoma.
07/14/11 Customs officials have seized pickled pork skins hidden in a container of coffee creamer that a Colorado man was attempting to smuggle across the border into West Texas.
07/14/11 Customs officials seized pickled pork skins hidden in a container of coffee creamer that a Colorado man is accused of attempting to smuggle across the border into West Texas.
07/14/11 The condition of a West Texas police officer fighting for his life after he suffered a gunshot wound to the head has begun to show slight improvement.
07/13/11 U.S. energy firm Apache Corp. and Dallas-based Crosstex companies - pipeline operator Crosstex Energy L.P. and its general partner Crosstex Energy Inc. - have teamed up to build a new natural gas processing plant in the Permian Basin in West Texas.
07/13/11 Firefighting crews have made headway against a large grass fire that had prompted the evacuation of dozens of homes on the fringe of a West Texas town and threatened dozens more
07/13/11 A West Texas town agreed Tuesday to sell much-needed water to a company that wants to build a coal-fired power plant, even though environmental groups argue the arid area can't spare the resource. | 
