Marfa Public Radio (Photo by Sara Childress)
PT Corporate Support Account Manager – Midland/Odessa
Summary of Function:
Marfa Public Radio believes in the capacity of public media to shape and animate who we are, where we live, and how we relate. Public media from West Texas serves a critical role in our state and our nation: from border stories to energy stories, West Texas is a part of the country whose stories need to be amplified. MPR has been one of the most awarded small-market stations in the nation for excellence in journalism.
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Protestors of Texas' fetal remains burial rule gather outside the Governor's Mansion on Jan. 6, 2017. (Callie Richmond/The Texas Tribune)
The law at the center of the case is Senate Bill 8, passed in 2017, which requires the burial or cremation of fetal remains.
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West Texas Wonders wants to collect your questions in person from July 16-20. Come hang out with us! (Marfa Public Radio)
Marfa Public Radio is taking a road trip from the border to the Basin. And we want to meet you along the way!
For one week, Reporter Sally Beauvais and General Manager Elise Pepple will be driving across West Texas collecting your questions about the place we call home. It’s all for our new public-powered journalism initiative called West Texas Wonders, where you ask, and we investigate and report.
Come hang out with us! Check out our full schedule below.
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Immigrant families seeking asylum in the United State wait on the Mexican side of the international bridge connecting Brownsville to Matamoros, Mexico. (Reynaldo Leal for The Texas Tribune)
The federal agency that handles the first step in asylum claims sent a memo to all its officers Wednesday that tightens restrictions on migrants who are seeking asylum.
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U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso (left), is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. (Marjorie Kamys Cotera: O'Rourke/Bob Daemmrich: Cruz)
Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, said Wednesday that he raised a stunning $10.4 million in the second quarter of 2018, more than double what the Republican incumbent, Ted Cruz, will report taking in over the same period.
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Democratic candidate for governor Lupe Valdez and incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott. (Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune)
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and his Democratic challenger, former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, have agreed — to a point — to debate at least once this fall.
And if the event comes off as proposed on Sept. 28, there will be some stiff competition: Friday night football and the first day of the State Fair of Texas.
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The looming deadline to reunify parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border is approaching quickly. A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to finish reuniting families before the end of this month, but it’s still unclear exactly how the government will accomplish this. Agencies are scrambling to comply — a task complicated by each case’s unique challenges.
Among those waiting to be reunited are Amalia — a nine-year-old Guatemalan girl — and her father. She’s in New York while he’s being detained thousands of miles away, in the West Texas town of Sierra Blanca.
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Gabriel C. Pérez / KUT
Many Texans are struggling to afford health care, according to a new survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Episcopal Health Foundation.
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Marfa City Council (Carlos Morales / KRTS)
The Marfa City Council is weighing the benefits of a federal grant that would provide funds for the Police Department to assist with border security in Presidio County.
Big Bend Sentinels’s editor Robert Halpern spoke with Marfa Public Radio about the proposal.
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Bunk beds are lined up inside an air-conditioned tent at the Tornillo facility for unaccompanied immigrant children near El Paso. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
The immigration detention center, which held more than 300 minors two weeks ago, will remain open at least through Aug. 13, according to a federal agency.
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Protesters call for immigrant families to be kept together at a rally in Austin on Thursday, June 14, 2018. (Rachel Zein/The Texas Tribune)
Government officials say they’ll meet a pair of court-ordered deadlines to reunite children with their parents. But doing so, HHS Secretary Alex Azar warned, could mean relaxed standards for vetting those parents.
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Protesters near the federal courthouse in Brownsville demonstrating against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy. (Reynaldo Leal / The Texas Tribune)
President Donald Trump’s administration’s practice of indefinitely detaining some asylum seekers can’t proceed, a federal district judge has ruled.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, tell supporters that the supposed economic benefits of reform such as lower gasoline and electricity costs haven't yet materialized. June 3 2018, Mexico City ( Lorne Matalon)
On Sunday, a populist leftist surprised no one by winning the presidency of Mexico. His promise to voters was something along the lines of “make Mexico great again.”
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A protestor in Alpine (Diana Nguyen / Marfa Public Radio)
At rallies across Texas and the U.S., people are marching to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, tell supporters that the supposed economic benefits of reform such as lower gasoline and electricity costs haven't yet materialized. June 3 2018, Mexico City ( Lorne Matalon)
Mexico is choosing a new president on July 1. The campaign is being closely watched by Texas and other U.S. energy companies that’ve been working there since Mexico reformed its energy sector in 2014. The presidential front runner says foreign investment in energy hasn’t delivered promised economic benefits.
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Former state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, arrives at the federal courthouse in San Antonio on June 26, 2018. (Robin Jerstad / Texas Tribune)
The San Antonio Democrat’s sentence comes after he was convicted of 11 felonies in connection with FourWinds Logistics, a now-defunct oilfield services company found to have perpetrated a Ponzi scheme against investors.
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The pool's closure could mean big losses for the state. In 2017 the pool brought in nearly $1 million and saw nearly 153,000 visitors. (Carlos Morales / KRTS)
Last month, Balmorhea State Park announced it would be closing its pool for an undetermined amount of time. The reason: park officials say they found a crack in the pool wall and it could be unsafe for swimmers.
For many, the pool’s closure means a West Texas summer tradition has been put on hold. But in late May, a team of engineers began assessing the damage and are now working on a repair plan.
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Marfa Public Radio (Photo by Sara Childress)
PT Corporate Support Account Manager – Midland/Odessa
Summary of Function:
Marfa Public Radio believes in the capacity of public media to shape and animate who we are, where we live, and how we relate. Public media from West Texas serves a critical role in our state and our nation: from border stories to energy stories, West Texas is a part of the country whose stories need to be amplified. MPR has been one of the most awarded small-market stations in the nation for excellence in journalism.
Continue reading →
For the past couple of years there have been news stories about mysterious tunnels radiating from the basement in El Paso’s Sunset Height’s neighborhood.
On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn explores the history behind the Turtle House, tunnels, and Chinese immigrants in El Paso.
The Rambling Boy is broadcast Mondays after the 10 am newscast and again after the 7 pm newscast.
On this episode, Travis Klunick speaks to Lannan resident Ed Pavlić about his forthcoming novel, Another Kind of Madness.
Pavlić has written eight collections of poetry and two critical studies. He is a professor of English and African American studies at the University of Georgia.
The writer will read at the St. George Pavilion on Sunday, July 15 at 7:30 pm.
West Texas Talk is broadcast each Thursday at 6:00 PM and each Friday at 9:00 PM.
On this episode, we hear personal stories crafted at the Legacy Storytelling Workshops. The project is a pilot venture of the Midland Storytelling Festival geared toward encouraging people to tell their own stories.
The workshop was facilitated by resident storyteller Sue Roseberry who provided instruction on the process of sharing the stories and coaching on story selection.
The first story on this episode is told by Cyndi Hill. She is a wife and mother who loves to read, bake, and garden.
The second story comes from Jane Holt. She’s the Manager of the Midland Centennial Library and serves on the Midland Storytelling Festival Board of Directors. Her story focuses on a summer at her grandparents’ mink ranch.
West Texas Talk is broadcast each Thursday at 6:00 PM and each Friday at 9:00 PM.
On this edition of the Rambling Boy, Lonn looks back on the life of Perry Cozzen, who passed away in his sleep in the early morning hours of June 28, at his home in Fort Davis.
Lonn describes his friend as kind, caring, thoughtful, generous, as well as slightly old fashioned; attributes that made Cozzen a friend of many in the Big Bend.
The Rambling Boy is broadcast Mondays after the 10 am newscast and again after the 7 pm newscast.
On this episode, we hear personal stories crafted at the Legacy Storytelling Workshops. The project is a pilot venture of the Midland Storytelling Festival geared toward encouraging people to tell their own stories.
The workshop was facilitated by resident storyteller Sue Roseberry who provided instruction on the process of sharing the stories and coaching on story selection.
The first story on this episode is told by author Ellen Goldberg. She talks about a summer at The Parkway Inn in 1963.
The second story comes from retired educator Betty Ann Prentice. She volunteers for a number of boards and organizations that promote the arts in Midland Community. Her story focuses on her experience in the Girls Scouts, and what it meant to her.
Tomorrow we’ll hear from Cyndi Hill and Jane Holt.
West Texas Talk is broadcast each Thursday at 6:00 PM and each Friday at 9:00 PM.
