The first Coastal Bend Day of Giving took place in November 2009, when nine area foundations created the matching gift ...

The Big Bend region was left without any mammogram services after a longtime mobile screening program shut down in August, ...

AP College Football Writer Oregon was the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week on Sunday as Penn State and Indiana climbed into the top five, Ge ...

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The mountain lion that showed up in the backyard of a Frisco, Texas, resident has taken the internet by storm.

Republicans had a big night in South Texas, flipping predominately Hispanic counties along the US-Mexico border.

What a calming moment, to gaze skyward at a flock of white pelicans. The big white birds sail aloft on heat thermals in loose ...

Texas, the second-biggest state in the United States, is nearly impossible to fully traverse in your lifetime. There are many ...

A new picture book uses illustrations and a travelog of the region's most well-known landmarks to bring West Texas to life.

U.S. Border Patrol deploys more autonomous surveillance towers in Big Bend, enhancing border security and reducing migrant ...

The expansion of high-tech surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border continues as the Big Bend Sector of U.S. Border Patrol ...

Despite its vast size, Texas is home to only two national parks, and getting to them isn’t the easiest. Both Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe National Park reside in West Texas—an area known for ...