Texas A&M Forest Service responded to 15 new wildfires across the state, burning a total of 401 acres. Several fires are actively being contained, with some nearing full containment.

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.