Travis Bubenik
All Things Considered Host & Big Bend ReporterTravis 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 later served as the station’s first full-time Morning Edition host and reporter.
Travis’ reporting on the Texas energy industry and its environmental footprint has frequently appeared on NPR and public radio’s Marketplace. During his time at Courthouse News, a national outlet focused on the courts and litigation, he closely followed legal battles prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the pandemic’s toll on communities across West Texas.
His dog Valentine is indeed named after the town.
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Fort Stockton-based Belding Farms had sought the stricter rules under a new state law allowing landowners to petition local groundwater districts for rule changes.
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Belding Farms, con sede en Fort Stockton, había solicitado que se implementaran normas más estrictas en virtud de una nueva ley estatal que permite a los propietarios de tierras solicitar cambios en las normas a los distritos locales de aguas subterráneas.
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Sergio Menchaca Pizarro, known as “El Menchaca,” was arrested near Presidio, Texas last summer and initially faced drug smuggling charges. A new indictment lays out his alleged role as an Ojinaga-area leader with the La Línea cartel.
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Sergio Menchaca Pizarro, conocido como "El Menchaca", fue detenido cerca de Presidio, Texas, el verano pasado, e inicialmente se le acusó de contrabando de drogas. Una nueva acusación expone su presunto papel como líder del cártel de La Línea en la zona de Ojinaga.
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to revisit its 2023 decision to block a years-long plan to ship highly radioactive nuclear waste to rural Andrews County, Texas.
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In West Texas, many local-level races with only one party participating are being essentially decided in the Super Tuesday primary elections.
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Local organizers had urged Marfa officials to approve a resolution that calls on lawmakers in Congress to demand an “immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza amid a war that has now left more than 30,000 Palestinians and over 1,200 Israelis dead.
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Incumbent 83rd District Attorney Ori White is seeking a second term in office in the March 5 Republican primary, while challenger Jesse Gonzales is hoping to win back a position he held in the late 2000s. Big Bend Sentinel reporter Sam Karas has been following the race.
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Oklahoma-based ONEOK is looking to build a major new natural gas pipeline from the Permian Basin through Far West West to the U.S.-Mexico border. Regulators issued a federal permit for the project on Thursday, rejecting complaints from area landowners and environmental groups.
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A Reeves County grand jury has decided not to indict multiple police officers who were involved in the November 2023 shooting death of 37-year-old Adam Ybarra in his Pecos, Texas home. The man’s brother has criticized the officers’ actions, saying they should have known Ybarra was suffering from mental health issues and that they were too quick to use deadly force.