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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Evans has released a 20th anniversary edition of his seminal book, which documented life in the Big Bend during the 1990s and early 2000s. -
Following the sudden death of Councilman Dan Corrales in January, city officials have rushed to get everything in order to fill his city council seat. -
In West Texas, many local-level races with only one party participating are being essentially decided in the Super Tuesday primary elections. -
The Midland County DA race will be decided in the March 5 Republican primary. Current Assistant District Attorney Kyle McCardle is facing off against former federal prosecutor Glenn Harwood to be the community’s top prosecutor. -
On Monday morning, a gunshot was reported outside of Odessa High School after a fight broke out. Officials say the campus was not the target of the shooting. -
The window for Midland residents to enter the city council race is officially open. The filing deadline is March 4. -
Since early December, crews worked to find and plug the well that caused the surface blowout. Officials and researchers are now trying to figure out what caused this leak and others like it in the area. -
For over a month, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s oil and gas regulator, has worked to plug a massive leak in an aging oil field near Fort Stockton — spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in the process. -
This year, the station's reporters, producers and contributors captured the stories of West Texas — from celebrations of the border's deep history to stories on environmental issues in the Permian Basin. -
During the pandemic, filmmaker Alejandra Vasquez traveled to her hometown of Denver City to document her family over the course of a historic oil bust.
