WEST TEXAS

After just five days of classes, a West Texas school district will close for two weeks due to COVID-19.

There are about 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells nationwide that haven’t been properly plugged with cement, but regulators don’t know where hundreds of thousands of the abandoned wells are.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will board a rocket in Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday and take a short ride into space along with three others including Mercury aviation pioneer Wally Funk, his brother Mark and teenager Oliver Daemen.

A spaceport of Blue Origin, located about 25 miles outside of Van Horn, has brought a booming business to the town: space tourism.

A suspect was arrested in the death of Hailey Dunn, who went missing more than a decade ago in Big Spring

At least six people were injured Thursday when a semitrailer cut off a Border Patrol van carrying migrants on a West Texas highway, forcing the van from the road and rolling it, an agency spokesman said.

One of Texas’ biggest landmark cattle ranches is headed to the market.

Video provided by LSM Storm Chaser James Burch shows how dangerously close he got to a tornado in Shallowater in West Texas on Friday.

The mayor of Colorado City, Texas, has resigned after lashing out at constituents amid this week’s devastating cold snap. “No one owes you or your family anything; nor is it the local government’s responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it’s your choice!” Tim Boyd said in a Facebook post that’s since been...

The massive weather system has sent temperatures plunging from coast to coast.

A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on.

A West Texas attorney accidentally joined a court hearing with a Zoom filter of a cat turned on—and he couldn’t figure out how to turn it off.

A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on.

A West Texas flower shop owner who posted a video on Facebook bragging about breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the U.S. Capitol riot last week was arrested Wednesday, federal officials said. The Midland Reporter-Telegram identified the woman in the bottom left of a photo. The FBI arrested Jenny Cudd and another Midland resident, Eliel Rosa, in...

Located in the charming town of Marathon, the legendary Gage Hotel offers an oasis of laid-back luxury and is a short drive away from an outdoor adventure at Big Bend National Park.   MORE: GageHotel.com  

Tourism destinations in West Texas are becoming COVID-19 hot spots, as visitors seek social distance. As NBC 5’s Vince Sims reports it’s causing some people to urge tourists to stay away.

While its importance began to fade 150 years ago, out on the barren mesquite and greasewood flats, Horse Head Crossing has never been forgotten.

The value of oil fields in West Texas have plummeted due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused the demand for crude to go down.

The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to send a few gallons of radioactive wastewater from a South Carolina nuclear reservation to Texas, where it will be treated and disposed.

Officials say five people were killed, including three young children, in a vehicle collision in West Texas.