West Texas Wonders

Rachel Maxwell of Alpine wants to know what the highest level of education the Burro Lady achieved was. Harry Hudson of Dallas wants to know how Mrs. Kerr…

Listeners Linda Beranek, Guadalupe Espinoza, and Josh Knight are among many Marfa Public Radio listeners who have submitted questions about esoteric local…

Today we’re diving into a question from our West Texas Wonders series and this one is taking us to the Permian Basin. Sarah Ross Kelliher, a librarian at…

Listener Ken Richards has always noticed the unique fragments and features of the Big Bend. "I assume some of that, a lot of that, moved around by…

By Sally BeauvaisMore than a fifth of the people who call the vast Big Bend region of West Texas home are 65 or older, according to census data from 2016.…

Listener Rachel Monroe was preparing recently for a Big Bend river trip. It was summer, and she thought she and her companion, a park ranger, could sleep…

What kinds of turtles live around Marfa? The question comes from Nathan Stueve. The answer we found surprised us. For this episode, West Texas Wonders is…

You might associate Marfa for a lot of things, the mysterious lights in the desert, the concrete, minimal art. But you might not hear a lot about Marfa’s military history.

On this episode, we’re showcasing some of our favorite stories from “West Texas Wonders” – a journalism initiative where you ask, and we answer. You'll…

There's no denying it -- Classical Midday host and longtime Fort Davis resident Roseland Klein is in great shape. Roseland, lovingly known as the…