Travis Bubenik
News DirectorTravis has waltzed across Texas throughout his career in journalism, covering everything from pipeline protests in the Big Bend and oilfield flaring in the Permian Basin to Gulf Coast hurricanes and courtroom battles all over the state.
A Houston native and University of Texas alum, he got his start in public radio as an intern at Marfa Public Radio, where he has at various times been a reporter and host of both Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Travis’ reporting has frequently appeared on NPR and public radio’s Marketplace. His dog Valentine is indeed named after the town.
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Presidio County commissioners on Wednesday voted to eliminate funding for the county-owned facilities. One official who opposed the move says the facilities will remain open to the public. -
The West Texas Water Research Center has named an interim director as it gears up for research efforts focused on water supply, sustainability and other pressing issues across the region. -
A yearslong project to tear down and rebuild the park’s Chisos Mountains Lodge was scheduled to begin this month. It’s now set to start in May 2026. -
AEP Texas, the power lines company serving Marfa, is asking city officials to rezone a residential property for industrial use in order to build a new electric substation. The proposal has prompted pushback from some locals. -
Aramark, a company that operates two gas stations inside the sprawling West Texas park, said Tuesday that storm-related damage caused the outage. -
Anne Pitts Mazoras talks about the local impacts of Congress eliminating federal funding for public media across the U.S. -
Groups supporting the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa have released a community-informed report that will inform the National Park Service’s development of the site. -
The Big Bend Sentinel on Tuesday published an audio recording of a conversation in which three male Marfa City Council members suggested they wanted to hire a man for a city administrator position. -
Local and federal officials say Alan Valenzuela of Presidio, Texas was killed in a shooting early Sunday morning. The 20-year-old was visiting the Mexican city located just south of the U.S.-Mexico border. -
The Texas Department of Transportation on Thursday reported roadway flooding across a wide swath of rural West Texas after days of heavy rainfall in the region.
