Marathon

Four years after a Target logo appeared on the side of an abandoned railroad building off a lonely stretch of desert Highway, the Big Bend’s smallest big-box retailer is no more.

By Michael Marks, Texas StandardIn the 1950s and 60s, the idea that Texas would one day relinquish its position as the epicenter of the wool and mohair…

This week on the Rambling Boy, Lonn tells us some anecdotes from Marathon's rowdier past, and that it's rowdy image is no more.

Legendary Folk Musician Billy Faier died early Saturday morning. He lived in Marathon in West Texas and played the five-string banjo. He played with some…

Two Marathon residents are recovering from injuries they suffered when the plane they were flying in crashed during an emergency landing near Marathon…