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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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. -
Randy Ham, head of Odessa Arts, will lead a task force convened by the advocacy group Texans for the Arts to advise communities on how to best utilize hotel occupancy tax revenue for arts and cultural events. -
At least 150 people gathered Saturday at the Brewster County Courthouse in Alpine to protest the Trump administration as part of a nationwide day of demonstrations. One person was arrested after a confrontation with a passing vehicle. -
Authorities say the man was arrested after striking a passing truck with a flagpole and injuring one of the occupants. The truck in question had “rolled coal” on protesters while displaying a “Trump Train” banner.
