West Texas

The Ogallala Aquifer: Water Scarcity on the Texas High Plains (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Drought, Texas Alliance for Water Conservation, West Texas, Prince Charles, Monoculture, Texas High Plains, Water, Production Agriculture, Water Scarcity, Texas Coalition for Sustainable Integrated Systems Research, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Ogallala Aquifer, Video, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

2012-02-15-Screenshot20120214at8.30.27PM.png On the southern high plains of Texas, on a time-scale less than an average human lifetime, growing concerns over water scarcity are playing out.

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Craig James: Worst Helicopter Dad in Texas

Jason Stanford | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Texas Senate Race, Craig James, Jason Stanford, Mike Leach, Espn, West Texas, Video, Sports News
Jason Stanford

James' vanity candidacy is a reminder that not all publicity is good publicity. James isn't the pretty girl in the bar. He's the guy who walks into a bar where all the women are friends with his ex.

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Jason Cherkis

Would The Old Rick Perry Be Calling For Governor Perry To Resign?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Iowa, Presidential Race, Back to Basics PAC, Austin, West Texas, South Carolina, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Elections 2012, Gop, Texas Constitution, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- At some point this weekend, whether on a stage in South Carolina or Iowa, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected step up to a microphone, put...

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WATCH: Marfa, TX: 'No Place Like Here'

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Texas, Etsy, Video, Karen Bernstein, Arts Colony, Rachel Neel, West Texas, Marfa, Documentary, Adam Bork, Film, Donald Judd, Bisbee, Arts News

"Every Wednesday night in Marfa, we have craft night," says Rachel Neel, its co-founder, "and it's like our church." The 2,000 citizens of the remote ...

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Rozita Swinton, of Colorado Springs, Won't Face Charges In Texas Polygamy Case

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polygamy, Texas Attorney General, Texas Polygamist, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Rozita Swinton, West Texas, Denver News

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Texas authorities say they're still investigating a Colorado woman in connection with bogus phone calls that may have ...

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Hell No! We Won't Send Our Tax Dollars to China

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keith Bradsher, European Union Chamber of Commerce, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Washington D.C., U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Cielo Wind Power, Buy China, China, Manufacturing Policy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Jorg Wuttke, Japan, Wind Turbine, Off-Shored, West Texas, South Korea, Buy American, Detroit Automakers, New York Times, Stimulus Act, Industrial Policy, Stimulus Bill, Shenyang, World News
Leo W. Gerard

China doesn't consider America first or the remainder of the world first. And that's what the USA must do. We need an industrial policy that makes no apologies for putting America and American workers first.

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Two Years of Inspiration

Deanie Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Hope, Election Day, Obama Young People, First African American President, Obama Technology, Obama West Texas, First Black President, Barack Obama, Obama Youth Vote, Historic Election, Obama Texas, Obama Inspiration, West Texas, Political Activism, New Media, John McCain, Voting, Home News
Deanie Mills

I have never seen a more exciting demonstration of democracy in action than what I have witnessed in the past two years, since I first read both of Obama's books and signed on as a volunteer.

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