The legislative package was inspired by the state’s largest wildfire in history. The Smokehouse Creek fire scorched more than ...

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Oil theft has been part of doing business in West Texas for as long as people have been drilling, but over the past two years ...

The Texas Legislature has invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable ...

Texas oil and gas drilling permits hit a three-year low as operators cut spending and drilling plans in response to falling ...

Completed as of May 29, the Phase 2 expansion included increasing capacity of the Mongoose amine treatment plant in Westbrook ...

Midland city officials approve a new restaurant in Original Town, bringing dining to a mostly residential southeast ...

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force marks 45 years, focusing on oil theft, terrorism, and security in the Permian Basin.

A new report says a plane equipped with advanced sensors for deployment to chemical disasters could have helped authorities ...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 1.—E. H. R. Green, President of the Texas Midland Railroad, who has just returned from New York, says that that road has not been sold to the Rock Island-Frisco interests ...

5 Buffet Restaurants In Odessa, Texas, ranging from pizza, Chinese, and cafeteria style buffet options for the Odessa, Texas ...

In 1881, the Texas and Pacific Railroad spanned Westward in Texas and the land that would later become Midland, first rated out as a water stop for railroads since it was considered the halfway point ...