Brian Curtis is a journalist with more than 25 years of experience in local television news. He co-anchors NBC 5 News at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Brian is a multiple Lone Star Emmy Award winner, and the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters has honored him several times as the best news anchor in Texas.
Among the major news stories that Brian has covered for NBC 5 is the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, the tornado outbreak of 2012, and the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia.
Brian was one of the panelists for the 2014 Texas gubernatorial debates. He has also covered the Olympics in Pyeongchang, Rio, London, Beijing, Torino, and Athens, as well as the Super Bowl and the World Series. He is passionate about NBC 5's "Clear The Shelters" project, which finds homes for animals in DFW-area shelters.
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Brian joined NBC 5 as a general assignment reporter in 2003 and worked his way up to the anchor desk. Brian's path to DFW started at KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri, and then passed through TV stations in Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Birmingham, and Kansas City.
Brian has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Emory University. He is also a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut. Brian grew up in Connecticut and Rhode Island, but got here as fast as he could! North Texas is now home.
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DFW Airport CEO Sean Donohue reflects on career amid retirement
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport CEO Sean Donohue is retiring. NBC 5’s Brian Curtis talked one-on-one with Donohue about his legacy, what’s next and what lies ahead for the airport.
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DFW Airport CEO on his legacy and what's next
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport CEO Sean Donohue is retiring. NBC 5’s Brian Curtis talked one-on-one with Donohue about his legacy, what’s next and what lies ahead for the airport.
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Animals from ‘Wings of Rescue' mission settle into their new homes
When nonprofit group Wings of Rescue took flight on Saturday to deliver animals to other states from overcrowded shelters in Texas, NBC 5 was there.
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Nonprofit flies shelter pets from Texas to new homes across the U.S.
Wings of Rescue is helping save pets’ lives by flying animals from overcrowded shelters in Texas to communities in need across the country. NBC 5’s Brian Curtis has the story.
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Only on NBC 5: 100+ rescues from packed Texas shelters flown to other states
NBC 5’s Brian Curtis joined the nonprofit group Wings of Rescue for a flight on Saturday that carried 166 animals from overcrowded shelters in DFW and Houston.
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Tarrant County commissioner joins discussion on redistricting
Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons sits down with Lone Star Politics to discuss the push to draw new precinct maps in Tarrant County.
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Texas Democratic Party Chairman shares insight on 2024 election season
Chairman Kendall Scudder joins NBC 5’s Brian Curtis and Gromer Jeffers with the Dallas Morning News on Lone Star Politics.
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Lone Star Politics: April 6, 2025
This week, Lone Star Politics speaks with Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder Jones. Plus, Tarrant County Commissioner Alisa Simmons gives insight on the push to draw new precinct maps.
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North Texas Olympian helps honor crash victims
North Texas figure skater Ashley Cain sits down one-on-one with NBC 5’s Brian Curtis to talk about the friends she lost in the deadly midair plane crash in D.C. in January and how she’s keeping their memory alive
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North Texas Olympian helps honor victims of the DC mid-air plane crash
North Texas Olympian Ashley Cain talks about her role in “Legacy on Ice” and shares her moving connection to the tragedy.
