west texas

An upswing in oil production and freight hauling has put the need for qualified truck drivers at an all-time high.

The new interstate system left Route 66 obsolete, and with it, so went the businesses and towns along the roadside. One of those towns that held on as long as it could was Genrio.

West Texas A&M is hurting for student living space but contrary to rumors, no student is sleeping on the floor...unless they wan to.

There’s a new movie directed by Clint Eastwood called “American Sniper” and stars Bradley Cooper who I have to say is looking rather nice and buff. This weekend, it's brought in $90.2 million in ticket sales to set a record for January. It talks about Chris Kyle who is the most successful American military sniper in history. After doing some research, I found out that Kyle was actually from here i

HOUSTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.

'Cottonwood' is an independent movie base the book of the same name.  The movie is set in West Texas during the Dust Bowl.

There's a shortage of crude in the Gulf and there's a glut of it in West Texas.  Sunoco has announced plans for a third West Texas pipeline to get the crude south.

This is Las Vegas.  West Texas is looking a lot like this these days.