Permian Basin

After Midland’s current mayor Patrick Payton announced he wouldn’t seek reelection, the race for fall election was left wide open. Now, three candidates…

The Texas Oil and Gas Association’s annual energy and economic impact report says both taxes and royalties paid to the state went up by more than 20% over…

Through the Permian Strategic Partnership, some of the largest oil companies in Texas are encouraging Permian residents to get vaxxed — not only to…

Thunderstorms, along with other severe weather, are expected to hit the Midland - Odessa area along with much of the rest of the Permian Basin Monday…

By Public Radio Staff With temperatures plummeting to record- setting lows, the National Weather Service is warning West Texans of "dangerously cold"…

By Mitch BordenThis week, Odessa's Medical Center Hospital and Midland Memorial Hospital —the two largest healthcare facilities in the Permian Basin —…

By Mitch BordenAfter a three-hour meeting Wednesday night, Midland Independent School District’s board of trustees voted to rename Robert E. Lee High…

By Travis Bubenik, Courthouse NewsTexas Governor Greg Abbott has come out against two rival plans to ship highly radioactive waste from the nation’s…

By Travis Bubenik, Courthouse NewsA majority of American oil industry executives don’t think U.S. oil production will ever return to its record-high,…

By Kyra Buckley, Houston Public MediaOil producers in the Permian Basin are implementing new technology to better measure methane emissions. The computer…