Band members began writing parts of songs and creating sounds that they patched together for a first album, No Vacancy, in ...

A West Texas oil well blowout shot a 100-foot-high plume of poisoned water into the air last fall, prompting reforms at the ...

Toyah residents are once again having to boil their water before drinking it. The small town has endured years of water ...

At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County ...

A rig floor collapse at a Petro-Hunt Permian wellsite in Pecos County has sparked a lawsuit after an oilfield worker suffered catastrophic injuries and was rushed into surgery. According to a petition ...

From the oil field to the hotel desk, business has remained brisk in the country’s top oil basin as analysts warn of a potential downturn. FORT STOCKTON, Texas — Warnings of doom and gloom have been ...

Deputies from the Gaines County Sheriff's Office arrested five individuals on November 9, 2025, in connection with a theft ...

Texas lawmakers hope a series of new laws will help end oil field thefts in West Texas. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune ODESSA — At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil ...

ODESSA At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler ...

Texas lawmakers have approved bills creating task forces to address oil field theft in the Permian Basin. The task forces, formed by the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Railroad Commission, ...