Mitch Borden
Permian Basin Reporter & All Things Considered HostMitch first picked up a microphone as a radio producer in Nome, Alaska. There he did everything from covering the Iditarod to crafting sound rich features about life in rural Alaska. After his time in the north, he was hooked on radio and journalism — leading him to pursue a career in public media.
Over the past six years, Mitch has worked across West Texas — reporting on the oil field communities spread out over the Permian Basin for Marfa Public Radio. His work has earned multiple awards, including two National Murrow Awards.
When he’s not covering the news you’ll probably find him wandering around with his camera and a cup of coffee.
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Voters in the Big Bend and Permian Basin weighed in on local city council races on Saturday. -
La masa de agua de aproximadamente 60 acres fue creada por una fuga de un antiguo pozo petrolífero. Ahora, un distrito local de conservación de aguas subterráneas está tratando de demostrar que la Comisión de Ferrocarriles de Texas tiene la autoridad y la responsabilidad de sellarlo. -
The approximately 60-acre body of water was created by a leak from a former oil well. Now, a local groundwater conservation district is trying to prove the Railroad Commission of Texas has the authority and responsibility to plug it.
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Marfa Public Radio's Carlos Morales and Mitch Borden sat down to discuss that question and more to wrap up this three-part series on Lake Boehmer and other leaks being discovered in West Texas' oil fields. -
The Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District has been facing off with the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state's oil and gas regulator, over who will plug the massive leak. Local officials believe the lake is threatening groundwater, but the commission has refused to respond even though it spends millions annually plugging abandon wells. -
Across West Texas, the land has been picked over and punctured for the last century in the search of oil, leaving thousands of wells to sit quietly. Some have been plugged by the companies, while others have been abandoned.Recently in northern Pecos County though, old wells have been bursting open, threatening the environment — especially one notorious leak has been allowed to create massive body of water. -
Los funcionarios del Distrito Escolar Independiente (ISD, por sus siglas en inglés) de Midland están en proceso de revisar una serie de libros que se encuentran en las bibliotecas de todo el distrito. -
According to district policy, once the review is completed a written report will be presented to district leaders and the person who brought forward the complaint. -
The district, which bought the golf course in 2019, plans to use the land to build a new campus for Midland High School. -
Evans ha lanzado una edición 20 aniversario de su libro seminal, que documentó la vida en el Big Bend durante la década de 1990 y principios de 2000.
