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NYTIMES (Sasha von Oldershausen and Christopher Lee) - Texas Billionaire John Poindexter Plans to Revive Shafter Ghost Town

An 81-year-old billionaire has a vision for preserving a tiny West Texas mining town, even as other forces are reshaping the land around it.

ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region

The Trump administration has started building the border wall in the Big Bend region of west Texas

NYTIMES (Jazmine Ulloa and Paul Ratje) - In West Texas, Trump’s Border Wall Collides With Latino History

A century ago, Mexican American families came together to build an adobe church near the border. Can its bell toll again as the wall expansion nears?

NYTIMES (Bayliss Wagner) - How Republicans Embraced Brandon Herrera, a Texas Republican Candidate and Gun Influencer

Brandon Herrera, long an anti-establishment outsider, is trying to help the party defend a red-leaning House district in West Texas. It’s proving messy.

AI:Gun influencer and anti-establishment outsider Brandon Herrera is attempting to secure a red-leaning West Texas House district for the Republican Party, but his candidacy has become a source of significant internal friction. As Republicans struggle to hold territory amidst recent special election upsets in deep-red areas like Texas, Herrera's unconventional approach and background are complicating efforts to maintain control over traditional strongholds.Open

STRIPES (Rose L. Thayer) - New 3D-printed barracks open at Fort Bliss | Stars and Stripes

The new buildings, made of a special blend of concrete, can house up to 560 soldiers in open bays on temporary assignment to the west Texas base.

NYTIMES (Katrina Miller and Emily Elconin) - Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas

Residents fear that the Trump administration’s plans to build a border wall will threaten the region’s spectacular starry skies.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - Lawsuit challenges Trump's Texas border-wall plans

Presidio County residents argue the border-wall project threatens their family land and existing flood protections.

NPR (Carlos Morales) - In West Texas, an unlikely alliance stands against extending the border wall

An unusual coalition of people across the political spectrum have banded together to rally against a border wall in the Big Bend.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Multiple actions being taken to combat oil theft in Texas

More than 40% of oil and natural gas operators in west Texas say their operations have been impacted by theft in the past year, a continued fallout of the border crisis.