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In the Big Bend region, local businesses are banding together to push back against border wall construction.Growing food insecurity in rural areas is on par with some of the country’s biggest cities amid changes to federal nutrition programs.In the fight against the spread of a destructive parasite, a look at what may be a gaping […]
Chris talks with Cyndi Perdue, founder of the Big Bend Bluegrass Association and the Big Bend Bluegrass Festival, about this year's lineup of artists and activities.The Big Bend Bluegrass Festival will be held at the Alpine Civic Center October 2 & 3.The lineup includes:Special ConsensusThe Edgar Loudermilk BandCatahoula DriveFinley River BoysRighteous IntonationEverett DavisEvie Dorsey
Our first Doc! The US Government is building a pointless wall through America's last wild border. This flagrant breach of public trust begins in Big Bend and ends in your backyard. Watch the full documentary with NO ADS at https://www.rfemedia.com/or on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/ColonialOutcastsDO NOT be distracted by “the pause.” Bulldozers are tearing through protected desert, sacred grounds, and decades of federal protections along the last truly wild stretch of the US-Mexico border. “Big Bend Betrayal” goes inside the fight between local conservationists, concerned citizens, border communities and a federal government contract awarded to a major Trump donor. You will see how ludicrous this border construction is, and how it is part of a larger normalization campaign to break the protections on all public lands in the continental United States. The end goal: privatize everything. After the midterms on Nov 3rd, the assault will continue…
Big Bend is an iconic National Park - Texas' largest state park, an International Dark Sky Reserve, rich in biodiversity, including a wild and scenic river, plus a cultural borderland thousands of years old. Each of these unique realities is at stake, for a fight Texas doesn't want - and for a wall that this region doesn't need. Billy Bartko joined us with an update on this BIG story. Bartko is the owner of Far Flung Outdoor Center in Terlingua, and a vocal member of the No Big Bend Wall coalition, recording fresh out of a hearing to grant a temporary restraining order on construction in Big Bend. Learn more about the No Big Bend Wall coalition at https://nobigbendwall.org/.Learn more about the Far Flung Outdoor Center at https://bigbendfarflung.com/.Learn more about People Of La Junta Preservation at https://www.peopleoflajunta.org/.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can support our ongoing work at https://progresstexas.org/.
This week on Red State Update, Jackie and Dunlap wail in grief about: Dolly Parton, the only person left who could bring this country together, and her work with the oppressed, the underprivileged, and Porter Wagoner. Plus her movies, her songs, Tim Curry, and why Dolly's legacy goes beyond singin, actin, Dollywood, and Straight Talk. Plus Whorehouse, Jim Nabors, and how everyone's Mom's kitchen used to look like the Trio album cover. Friendships with Canada never last, but Lake America is forever Supreme Court don't seem to mind what Trump does with mail-in ballots, elections, democracy. DOJ hires a lawyer once convicted of election-site hacking Wild horses couldn't keep Trump away — Protected wild horses are sold for slaughter while Trump lets beef imports come in from wherever, American farmers be damned, even if we got to do a Beef recall — 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef recalled after sale in Florida and Texas. ABC / Rosie / FCC — ABC is airing Rosie O'Donnell and suing Trump's FCC after previously kissin trump ass Secret Service is reportedly alarmed by Natalie Harp's letters. Trump will tear down the Kennedy Center if they don't put his name on it. Michael Cohen: still terrible Our health and what's left of it: RURAL Michigan hospitals closing or cutting services after Medicaid cuts. o Measles — U.S. measles cases are at their highest level since 1991, with two deaths reported. RFK Jr. is tied to conspiracy-tinged comments about measles deaths. Byron Donalds blames spread on illegal immigration. ICE arrests — ICE arrests surged—they're arrestin people with no criminal convictions to make their dumb damn quotas. More folks in immigrant camps than ATL population Deaf migrants — Deaf migrants deported without sign-language interpreters A mile of border infrastructure in Big Bend reportedly costs more than the park's annual budget. Asylum visas — Administration actions include revoking visas for asylum seekers. Texas / Musk / Paxton — Elon Musk reportedly plans to spend $200 million to help Ken Paxton in Texas. Ohio Sleazebag Max Miller threatens his father-in-law with blackmail Georgia / Mike Collins — Mike Collins has another aide linked to racist stuff Alabama / Tuberville — Tuberville says he will not debate Doug Jones because he don't understand what debates are Gary / Memphis power Hegseth / Pentagon Hegseth hires trolls to go after enemies & critics while firing Stars and Stripes staff USS Doris Miller — They may name a carrier after Trump instead of Black WWII hero Doris Miller. USS Lincoln finally returning after a nine-month deployment. A sailor who jumped from a ship is reportedly facing discipline. Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George after Kid Rock flyover investigation. Sean Duffy show — nobody watchin this youtube crap. Finally something I identify with Sean Duffy about Spider-Man vs. Jake Lang in Minnesota. Jeffries / Kushner get together. These are the only two people left who will get along now that Dolly is gone. Trump approval — Trump approval stands at 35%, disapproval at 61%, net -26. That's real bad and yet should be worse. Darlene Graham, IRAN vs Economic D-Day, Mad Farmers Kehinde Wiley painting: State Dept takes down a painting of Dominicans in the Dominican embassy by the artist of Obama's presidential portrait. They called the paining "very woke" and "aesthetically terrifying." They took it down but first they hid it behind a tarp with a US flag on it. Leah Campos, Rachel Campos-Duffy's sister and Sean Duffy's sis-in-law, is the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, called it an example of "globalist and woke ideologies." What is woke ideology? I know it when I see it. For more Dolly mourning, go get 20 Extra Minutes with Jackie and Dunlap at http://www.patreon.com/redstateupdate Art by Yoni Limor Photos by Robyn von Swank Music by William Sherry Jr. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, BlueSky
Jordan and I have a pile to talk about this week. Some of it's fun, some of it's not. A listener sent in picture of a strange looking buck deer, we see a disturbing video a whitetail doe killing her own fawn, we talk about the border wall at Big Bend, and the proposal to rescind the roadless rule. Then to round it all of we talk about the dove opener and the upcoming Mississippi velvet season. Check it out! To find us on YouTube click here:For more on AgUp click here:https://www.agup.com/For Rogue Ammunition click here:https://rogueammunition.com/For Rolling Thunder Game Calls click here:https://rollingthundergamecalls.com/ To schedule with Dickerson Contracting click here: https://dickersonllc.com/
TribCast is joined by state Sen. César Blanco and politics reporter Alejandro Serrano to discuss the growing bipartisan outrage over building border barriers in Texas' largest national park.
Construction of the border wall in Big Bend National Park has paused. Readers of John Jefferson's “Woods, Waters, and Wildlife” column in the Wilson County News may have read last week's column, “A river at risk,” in which he encouraged readers to contact their Texas senators and congressmen to protect Big Bend National Park, as construction of roads and barriers was underway there. After his column went to print Aug. 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott announced that a pause in construction in Big Bend National Park was in order to talk to stakeholders about the... Article Link
Amidst mounting public outcry, the federal government last week halted construction of border barriers through state park property in far West Texas, The Texas Tribune reported. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodeny Scott personally stopped construction until he could visit the region. Hundreds of people showed up at the annual meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, gathering outside its headquarters in what resembled a tailgate party. The federal government already has sent bulldozers into Big Bend National Park. Among those trying to rally people to the cause was former Republican Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. “I have yet... Article Link
Jimmy and Tyler dig into a stack of public lands updates in this week’s Monday episode — the kind of episode where you walk away actually understanding the legal mechanics behind the headlines, instead of just reacting to them. The Roadless Rule kicks things off, and it’s more interesting than it sounds. Roads through national forest and BLM land aren’t just recreation access — they’re wildfire infrastructure. Jimmy and Tyler talk through the Caldor Fire, where popular Sierra OHV routes served as fire lines and ingress for hotshot crews, and the broader ecological argument that decades of total fire suppression (no controlled burns, no small fires clearing brush) is exactly why mega-fires have gotten so much worse. The Roadless Rule — which has blocked any new road construction and forced a steady decline in usable routes — is now being reconsidered, with agencies reviewing historical road inventories to determine what could reopen for fire management purposes. It’s currently open for public comment, and Blue Ribbon Coalition has a tool on their site that maps your zip code to your legislators for submitting comments directly. Make a public comment on the Roadless Rule: https://blueribboncoalition.org/roadless-rule-draft-eis-comment/ From there: an update on the Big Bend National Park border wall project in Texas — over $7 billion across five sections, built with no-bid contracts, cutting a new road directly next to an existing one, and initially bypassing NEPA environmental review and public comment entirely. The good news: sustained public pressure has forced a pause on construction while it undergoes review. Also covered: why picking up a rock on public land is technically a federal offense (it’s classified as mining), the ongoing accessibility angle of road closures for wheelchair users and other visitors who can’t hike miles in on foot, and the California OHV permit saga — a coalition-negotiated agreement that got rewritten by the legislative committee and failed its vote, leaving the whole permit effort dead for now. The back half covers two related legal patterns worth knowing: newly released Yellowstone grizzly bear studies show OHV use has never caused a single recorded grizzly death — despite that exact justification being used to close routes — and Jimmy and Tyler connect the dots to the nearly identical legal language used to justify closures at Oceano Dunes (snowy plover), the Western Mojave (desert tortoise), and now the Oregon Dunes (western marmot), in each case without a definitive study proving OHV is actually the cause of death. 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In this week's public lands news briefing, we are covering three main stories:1. Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order using the power he has to help protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, but the fight is not over yet. This action is somewhat complicated and has caused some confusion, so I break down what it really means and what we need to do next.2. Mining claims have been staked in Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in Utah following Trump's reduction in monument size ft. Autumn Gillard, a Southern Paiute and coordinator of the Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition.Grand Staircase-Escalante Inter-Tribal Coalition: https://grandstaircasecoalition.org/ 3. Bulldozers have been at work in Big Bend National Park, but further destruction was recently paused. The fight is far from over to protect the Big Bend region as a whole from this border wall construction ft. Christina Hernandez, director of the People of La Junta for Preservation and executive director of the Big Bend Conservation Alliance.People of La Junta: https://www.peopleoflajunta.org/Big Bend Conservation Alliance: https://www.bigbendconservationalliance.org/ ------------------Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outdoor.minimalist.book/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theoutdoorminimalist Website: https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.com/ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/outdoorminimalist Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/jd8UCN2LL3AQst976 ------------------Episode Sourceshttps://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/executive-orders/ https://www.savetheboundarywaters.org/what-governor-walzs-executive-order-means-future-boundary-waters https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-pauses-border-construction-project-in-big-bend-national-park https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Big-Bend-lawsuit-People-of-La-Junta.pdf https://biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/pdfs/034-Pls-Emergency-Mot.-for-TRO-or-PI.pdf https://westernpriorities.org/2026/08/mining-claims-filed-on-land-removed-from-utah-monuments/
Michelle Davis, with her Lone Star Left Substack, has a keen eye for drawing sharply-focused concepts out of the muck and mess of Texas politics. In a recent post, she pointed out that three Texas Republican Congressmen - Jake Ellzey, Michael Cloud and John Carter - as members of the House Appropriations Committee, voted to kill border construction exemption for Big Bend National Park that was proposed by Congressman Henry Cuellar - and thus, are directly responsible for the outrageous carving up of the park we've seen in recent days. And from there, for the outraged, it makes perfect sense to get familar with the three Democrats opposing those Republicans on the midterm ballot: respectively, Danny Minton, Tanya Lloyd and Justin Early.Read Michelle's great post at https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/the-three-texas-republicans-who-voted.Learn more about Justin Early at https://www.votejustinearly.com/.Learn more about Tanya Lloyd at https://www.tanyafortx27.com/.Learn more about Danny Minton at https://www.dannyfortexas.com/.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can support our ongoing work at https://progresstexas.org/.
Dana explains how conservatives are being sucked into the CCP narrative that all data centers are bad to turn against our own self-interest and explains how America needs to innovate in the tech race. Texas Congressional Candidate, Brandon Herrera, joins us to reveal the truth behind the border wall fight in Big Bend, slams the DSA's plans to raise the firearm age to 25, and to explain the legal debate surrounding suppressors.Thank you for supporting our sponsors that make The Dana Show possible…Trees.comhttps://Trees.comGet an additional 20% off Better Plants and Better Growing at Trees.com Alliance Defending Freedomhttps://JoinADF.com/DanaAlliance Defending Freedom is on the front lines defending the freedoms and values that matter. Join the fight today. Byrnahttps://Byrna.com/DanaTrusted by law enforcement, security professionals, and everyday Americans—defend yourself and your family with Byrna.HumanNhttps://Humann.com/DanaGet the limited edition Watermelon Flavor and find out how to get a FREE 30-day supply before they sell out.Patriot Mobilehttp://PatriotMobile.com/DANAVisit online or call 972-PATRIOT and use promo code DANA for a FREE month of service.Relief Factorhttps://www.ReliefFactor.comYou could be the next person sharing a Relief Factor success story. Get started today with the 3-Week QuickStart for only $17.76.Webroothttps://Webroot.com/DanaSave 60% off Webroot. Protect your devices. Protect your family. Protect your peace of mind. Live a better digital life with Webroot. Noble Goldhttps://NobleGoldInvestments.com/DanaIf you want to see how physical gold and silver could fit into your portfolio, download Noble Gold Investments FREE Wealth Protection KitSubscribe today and stay in the loop on all things news with The Dana Show. Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramXMore InfoWebsite
This week on The Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace and Washington correspondent James Osborne break down the backlash over border construction near Big Bend National Park and what happens next there. And with President Donald Trump coming to Houston for a big fundraiser, they dig into the Republican National Committee's huge fundraising advantage over Democrats and how that could impact Democrat James Talarico's bid to defeat Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race. They have exclusive audio from RNC chair Joe Gruters about why he's always in Texas and from Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin who explained to a Texas audience why South Carolina and Nevada will be the first two states to vote in the Democratic presidential primary in 2028. Finally, with LBJ's birthday approaching, they revisit the Texas president's complicated legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Cook Political Report has updated its projections for the 2026 midterms, moving the Talarico/Paxton race to "toss up" from "lean republican", and the Hinojosa/Abbott race from "solid Republican" to "lean Republican". Ken Paxton is expected to receive some desperately-needing funding support from Elon Musk. Republicans are threading a narrative needle on the Big Bend as they attempt to avoid public backlash without crossing Donald Trump. And Republican Texas Railroad Commission nominee Bo French - a notorious anti-Semite - has invoked the century-old "Judeo-Bolshevism" trope in AI-generated images of his Democratic opponent Jon Rosenthal, the only Jewish member of the Texas House.The Hill: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6041660-cook-political-report-texas-iowa-senate-races/San Antonio Current on Cook Report: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/top-political-watcher-declares-the-talarico-paxton-race-a-toss-up/San Antonio Current on Elon Musk: https://www.sacurrent.com/news/elon-musk-expected-to-give-paxton-much-needed-cash-injection/Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/21/texas-big-bend-border-wall-barrier-republicans-paxton-trump/The Forward: https://forward.com/news/724588/ten-commandments-jon-rosenthal/This election year, you can support the real free press by investing in pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-gressive storytelling. Become a monthly donor or increase your giving TODAY for our Summer Sustaining Donor Drive today, and we'll thank you with "perks for progress" - plus you'll get a shoutout on the Daily Dispatch! Join the Progress Texas family now at https://act.progresstexas.org/a/summersustainers26.Check out the Substack version of the Daily Dispatch, which delivers each pod to your inbox and frequently includes extra video goodies: https://substack.com/@progresstexasProgress Texas is now part of the lineups at KPFT-FM in Houston, Empower House Radio in San Antonio, and KZSM True Community Radio in San Marcos! Make a tax-deductible contribution to our radio initiative HERE.Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at https://progresstexas.org.
Someone check Governor Greg Abbott for whiplash! He's been doing some pretty rad campaign trail 180's lately in response to rapidly changing political headwinds - first, he expects us to believe he's now going to crack down on the billions of dollars in AI data centers he lured to Texas to begin with. And, we're to buy the idea that he would even remotely defy Donald Trump's plans to muck up Big Bend National Park. As a wise Texan once said: Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progress Texas and how you can support our ongoing work at https://progresstexas.org/.
Chris talks with Wild Yeti Films co-owners Grant Kauffman and Renee Layson and West Texas Producer Randall Kinzie about Season 1 of their online TV series, "Expedition: Tales of the Big Bend," which recently received three Telly Awards.View all nine episodes at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvj5JlrQjYvQFoXa2O7cnxw
This week on The Backcountry Report, Chris covers major developments affecting public lands, waters and wildlife—from a massive expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities on national wildlife refuges to proposed changes involving tribal water rights and the future of NOAA's Arctic Report Card. The episode also examines the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule, Vermont's primitive-camping updates, and border infrastructure construction in and around Big Bend National Park. Plus, hear how BHA volunteers removed a mile of obsolete fencing in Wyoming and learn how you can get involved in stewardship projects nationwide. Show Notes Vermont Primitive Camping Rule Update: https://fpr.vermont.gov/primitive-camping-rule-amendment Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, the voice for your wild public lands, waters, and wildlife to be part of a passionate community of hunter-angler-conservationists. BHA. THE VOICE FOR OUR WILD PUBLIC LANDS, WATERS AND WILDLIFE. Follow us: Web: www.backcountryhunters.org Instagram: @backcountryhunters Facebook: @backcountryhunters
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Today, DeSantis ally and Palm Beach County clerk Mike Caruso has been arrested on child sex abuse charges; the Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Abrego Garcia; a San Diego Padres coach has been arrested by ICE in Texas; Trump votes by mail again in Florida; election denier Tina Peters has been hired in northern California; Paramount is asking states to bear the costs of their delayed buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery; the Minnesota Attorney General is suing to extradite an ICE officer from Texas; border construction in Big Bend is suspended after bipartisan pushback; Disney and ABC have sued the FCC to stop the early license renewal process; North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has vetoed a Republican voter suppression bill; the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals says age restrictions on mail voting in South Carolina are unconstitutional; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. 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President Donald Trump is pausing huge tariffs on Canadian goods. Meanwhile, Trump is expected to nominate a new FDA Commissioner – we'll tell you who. Border security construction is on hold at Big Bend National Park after bipartisan pushback. Israel admits firing on a car in Gaza in an incident that made worldwide headlines. And a potential 2028 presidential hopeful is staking out middle ground in the heated AI data center debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The bulldozers have stopped in Big Bend for now. But for how long? And what does this mean for other culturally sensitive areas on the border slated for border wall construction? The Trump administration says the wall is needed to prevent illegal immigration, but critics say this pristine land is not a crossing point. The latest on the legal fight to save Big Bend.
Florida is a red state, but it's never without interest and intrigue. Byron Donalds is going to destroy everybody in the Republican primary for governor. He's been a Trump loyalist, has Trump's endorsement, and all the rumors about Casey DeSantis running amounted to a hill of beans. Alex Vindman will likely win the Democratic Senate primary before losing to Ashley Moody in November. But the more interesting races are farther down the ballot, where several people may be out of politics forever when this is over.Florida's newly redrawn 22nd District has seven Republicans competing for what'll likely be a safe Republican seat. It's also where I finally found my line on AI-generated political content. A website attacking Belinda Keiser includes an AI image depicting her having sex with Jeffrey Epstein. I've had a lot of tolerance for campaigns turning metaphors and fantasies into images, but I guess my line in the sand is a candidate getting piped by Jeffrey Epstein. Now we know. David Burke appeared to be surging at the end, but there isn't much reliable polling.Politics Politics Politics is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.The race I'm watching most closely is Florida's 7th District, where Corey Mills is seeking a third term against former television sports reporter Ryan Elijah. To say Mills is scandal-plagued is to say Pinocchio is only helping Monstro's dental health, babe. Mills has faced allegations involving two former girlfriends, while the House Ethics Committee is examining possible sexual misconduct, inaccurate financial disclosures, campaign-finance violations, improper gifts, special favors tied to his office, and misuse of congressional resources. He denies wrongdoing. Sparse public polling suggests he could lose, and Republicans in Washington are desperately hoping he does.In Florida's 20th District, redistricting pushed Debbie Wasserman Schultz into a traditionally Black seat. She's running against former representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Dale Holness, Elijah Manley, and Uncle Luke himself, Luther Campbell. With four Black candidates dividing the vote and no runoff in Florida primaries, Wasserman Schultz only needs a plurality. I think she'll win. Let the sun shine down and reveal the truth as Florida votes — and start a stopwatch when the polls close, because these races will probably be called within about 90 minutes. Shocking how fast that can go. Just saying.Congressional Democrats are preparing another war-powers challenge after Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it obstructs efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. They've been looking for another non-affordability way to hit Trump over Iran, and this is a good strategy. It's a historically unpopular war, and they want to tie him to it every way they can. Meanwhile, the administration has paused construction of a border wall inside Big Bend National Park while CBP reviews the project. Not all border is created equal. Big Bend accounts for a small share of crossings, and there are easier, lighter ways to patrol an area where somebody might still have to walk for three days after crossing.ABC has also filed a First Amendment lawsuit accusing the FCC of retaliating against the network for its editorial decisions. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has threatened to revoke ABC's license amid his fight with the network, particularly over Jimmy Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's death. It's not surprising that ABC is bringing a legal challenge, even if only as a predicate to any FCC action. If you're ABC and the chairman of the FCC threatens your license, it would be malpractice not to take him seriously and prepare in case it actually happens.Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:04:08 - Florida Races00:20:49 - Oman00:25:47 - Border Wall00:28:02 - ABC Sues FCC00:29:35 - Brian Brushwood on the Nuances of Texas' Electorate01:25:20 - Wrap-up This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/subscribe
Voters head to the polls in Alaska, Wyoming and Florida today. New details emerge about Tupac's murder as Duane Davis trial gets underway. The Feds pause Big Bend border construction. Vaccine exemptions hit a record high for kindergarten. Plus, a couple in Philadelphia offer pigeon tours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Border construction in Big Bend National Park is paused — for now. We'll have an overview of the damage done and what’s next.Texas received billions from a federal program meant to help provide high-speed internet to underserved communities. But why is it pausing new projects?Texas is home to the largest detention camp in the country. […] The post New developments in Big Bend border wall fight appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
-MoU expires, Trump threatens to bomb U.S. ally Oman -Trump appointed regulator approves Trump family crypto bank -Mangione pleads guilty to killing health insurance CEO -DHS halts contructions on controversial Big Bend border wall
The halt of the destructive federally-contracted demolition of the natural landscape of Big Bend National Park, announced yesterday, is only temporary and not a reason for advocates to stand down. The U.S. Supreme Court may consider SB 10, the state law that requires the posting of the Ten Commandments in Texas classrooms. Hood County joins a list of Texas communities unplugging their Flock cameras. And, the committee charged with tracking maternal mortality in Texas plans to skip the years immediately following the clawing back of abortion rights. Gina Hinojosa on MS Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bDmEUepihATexas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/17/texas-big-bend-national-park-border-wall-construction-pause/Common Dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/news/big-bend-border-crossingAssociated Press: https://apnews.com/article/ten-commandments-texas-law-supreme-court-facb4b90c54fba5c1d0b3e63079c8b4bHouston Chronicle on SB 10: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/lawsuit-ten-commandments-texas-schools-22389118.phpHouston Chronicle on Flock cameras: https://www.chron.com/texas/article/flock-cameras-texas-hood-county-22391763.phpHow to locate Flock cameras: https://deflock.org/How to neutralize Flock cameras without damaging them: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18Ka3z2wWi/Texas Observer: https://www.texasobserver.org/maternal-mortality-committee-roe-deaths-lawmakers-politics/This election year, you can support the real free press by investing in pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-gressive storytelling. Become a monthly donor or increase your giving TODAY for our Summer Sustaining Donor Drive today, and we'll thank you with "perks for progress" - plus you'll get a shoutout on the Daily Dispatch: huge thanks to monthly supporter Laura Kehoe, who upped her monthly contribution! Join Laura and the rest of the Progress Texas family now at https://act.progresstexas.org/a/summersustainers26.Check out the Substack version of the Daily Dispatch, which delivers each pod to your inbox and frequently includes extra video goodies: https://substack.com/@progresstexasProgress Texas is now part of the lineups at KPFT-FM in Houston, Empower House Radio in San Antonio, and KZSM True Community Radio in San Marcos! Make a tax-deductible contribution to our radio initiative HERE.Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at https://progresstexas.org.
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Trump threatens Oman as Iran negotiations hit a deadline, border-wall construction is paused at Big Bend, the Supreme Court rejects Trump's E. Jean Carroll appeal, and Hayden Panettiere dies at 36.Update: Iran-via AP News, CBS News, and The HillBig Bend National Park-via AP NewsE. Jean Carroll-via ReutersHayden Panettiere-via DeadlineColombia Help-Direct Relief Donations for ColombiaVenezuela Help-Project Hope-GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela FoundationTake the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoterDecember. on AmazonSubscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.comAll episodes can be found at: kimmoffat.com/thenewsAs always, you can find me on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
A recent news story about the untimely death of Jason Arday, an ex-Cambridge professor who was involved with a plagiarism scandal, has Breitbart News Daily's Mike Slater thinking about the state of the education system in the western world in 2026. Why is it so bad? How do we raise the standards? Slater talks about all of this and more in one fiery opener! Following that, Mike speaks with Randy Clark, Breitbart Border Reporter, about a recent border wall-related controversy between President Trump and Big Bend National Park and why it's not as big of a problem as the lamestream media would have you believe! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Attorney General Paxton notifies 110 more Texas municipalities that their officials may not raise property taxes this year because they are not in compliance with Senate Bill 1851. This is in addition to 130+ cities notified in May.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Oil and gas rig count in Texas rose again last week.An update on border security work in Big Bend and nearby parks– it's what I told you last week. Also today, the Trump Admin. suspended work in Big Bend while the CBP commissioner visits the park.Emerson College Polling's Texas 2026 Poll: Paxton and Talarico Deadlocked in U.S. Senate Race; Abbott Leads Hinojosa by Four Points. The answers on Texas being on wrong or or right track is fascinating to me – where in the western world is the economy booming better than in Texas? This may be a sign of oversampling grievance culture Democrats.Texas Democrat, Little Jimmy “The Creep” Talarico, sparks firestorm after he blasts Bible-related education in schools. This piece has the most accurate and cogent explanation I've seen in a while over why Bible content must be taught to have an actual education about our history and culture.James Talarico's Dirty Little Fundraising Secret(s).Texas Tech Law Grad Can Press Charlie Kirk Murder Remark Reprimand Suit.Hood County Constable disables Flock cameras over privacy concerns, earns public support.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates. www.PrattonTexas.com
South Carolina was officially approved to lead the 2028 presidential primary calendar on Saturday at the DNC 2026 Summer Meeting in Austin. All of Texas seems in uproar over the border construction in the Big Bend region - except for Governor Greg Abbott. The Texas Supreme Court will allow Galveston County Republicans to redraw their local election maps, even though their primaries have already happened. Legacy media is cluing in on the deplorable messaging history of GOP congressional nominee Brandon "The A.K. Guy" Herrera. And Texas Senate GOP nominee Leigh Wambsganss will take part in a live talk in Keller this Thursday morning - local progressives might have questions to ask her.The Hill on DNC: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6028298-dnc-approves-2028-primary-calendar/amp/The Hill on Big Bend: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6031859-texas-lawmakers-urge-abbott-stop-border-barriers-big-bend/KSAT: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/08/11/ksat-one-on-one-with-gubernatorial-candidate-rep-gina-hinojosa-spans-issues-including-economy-data-centers-energy-p/Democracy Docket: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-supreme-court-refuses-to-stop-gop-led-county-from-changing-voting-maps-between-primary-and-november-election/New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/politics/herrera-trump-republican-texas-house.html?smid=nytcore-android-shareAlterNet: https://www.alternet.org/exposed-nazi/Golden Triangle Rotary: https://goldentrianglerotary.org/Speakers/6494e91b-7987-4b09-bb63-a8b47bd56d20This election year, you can support the real free press by investing in pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-gressive storytelling. Become a monthly donor or increase your giving TODAY for our Summer Sustaining Donor Drive today, and we'll thank you with "perks for progress" - plus you'll get a shoutout on the Daily Dispatch: huge thanks to new monthly supporter Paul Swan! Join Paul and the rest of the Progress Texas family now at https://act.progresstexas.org/a/summersustainers26.Check out the Substack version of the Daily Dispatch, which delivers each pod to your inbox and frequently includes extra video goodies: https://substack.com/@progresstexasProgress Texas is now part of the lineups at KPFT-FM in Houston, Empower House Radio in San Antonio, and KZSM True Community Radio in San Marcos! Make a tax-deductible contribution to our radio initiative HERE.Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at https://progresstexas.org.
The Texan's Weekly Roundup brings you the latest news in Texas politics, breaking down the top stories of the week with our team of reporters who give you the facts so you can form your own opinion.Backlash from residents and officials to Big Bend border security constructionHow data centers are playing into the Texas gubernatorial raceThe Texas GOP's continued lawsuit against the state to close its primary electionAn Alaskan surrogate mother who fled to Texas after the intended parents sought an abortionThe Texas Classroom Commission's press conference at the Governor's MansionThe National Firearm Act being partially blocked from enforcement in Texas and 14 other statesEnjoy what you hear? Be sure to check out our articles at The Texan and leave us a review!Got questions for the reporting team? Email editor@thetexan.news — they just might be answered on a future podcast.
On this week's In Progress roundtable, we gather two of our foremost authorities on Far West Texas - former Progress Texas staffer and Alpine City Councilman Reagan Stone, and Dallas attorney and prominent Big Bend defender Bill Holston - for a deep dive on what's happening with the steamrolling of unnecessary and destructive border wall and surveillance construction in one of the most pristine and delicate wilderness areas not only in Texas, but in the entire United States.See Bill's recent op-ed on all of this in the Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/big-bend-construction-border-texas-22382092.phpLearn more about Reagan Stone's work at https://www.reagan-stone.com/.Thanks for listening! Learn more about Progess Texas and how you can support us at https://progresstexas.org/.
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Heavy bulldozers are now tearing through ecologically and historically-sensitive parts of Big Bend National Park to build unnecessary border infrastructure, while the opposition of Texans of both parties goes ignored by Donald Trump. And a source of Ken Paxton's mysterious wealth may have been revealed - a cell tower built on the property of a hospital where Paxton was serving as a board member when it was approved.USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/texas/2026/08/11/texas-leaders-sound-alarm-over-bulldozers-at-big-bend/91253419007/The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6023292-trump-wall-big-bend-impact/amp/Big Bend Sentinel: https://bigbendsentinel.com/2026/08/11/wall-path-planned-through-porvenir-massacre-site/Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/big-bend-construction-border-texas-22382092.phpWFAA Dallas: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/state/texas-news/big-bend-holds-lifetime-memories-for-dallas-man-who-now-fears-its-future/287-59375273-52b6-4d5c-8884-27cd8ae66dcbNew York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/paxton-cell-tower-company-texas-senate.html?smid=nytcore-android-shareJoin Progress Texas and Civitech on Friday morning at 11AM at Antone's downtown for a free podcast taping event with Civitech's Jeremy Smith, Progress Texas Executive Director Kathleen Thompson, Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder, and South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain, who will discuss the ways that today's technology can be harnessed to build a new progressive majority! Details on the event and links to sponsor (starting at only $250) here: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/civitechThis election year, you can support the real free press by investing in pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-gressive storytelling. Become a monthly donor or increase your giving TODAY for our Summer Sustaining Donor Drive today, and we'll thank you with "perks for progress" - plus you'll get a shoutout on the Daily Dispatch: huge thanks to new monthly supporter Lynda Brender! Join Lynda and the rest of the Progress Texas family now at https://act.progresstexas.org/a/summersustainers26.Check out the Substack version of the Daily Dispatch, which delivers each pod to your inbox and frequently includes extra video goodies: https://substack.com/@progresstexasProgress Texas is now part of the lineups at KPFT-FM in Houston, Empower House Radio in San Antonio, and KZSM True Community Radio in San Marcos! Make a tax-deductible contribution to our radio initiative HERE.Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at https://progresstexas.org.
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, brought to you by LMNT, we are joined by Steven of My Life Outdoors, a gear-obsessed backpacker who grew his YouTube channel to over 1.2 million subscribers through high-production gear breakdowns and hands-on science experiments. In this one, we dive into Steven's emotional year supporting his wife through three separate cancer diagnoses, her rare complete response to immunotherapy, and the story of how Luke Nichols from Outdoor Boys randomly gifted him a fully-edited video to keep his channel afloat during the crisis. Steven also breaks down some of his most popular videos, including the custom rain chamber he build to prove that GORE-TEX jackets do in fact leach forever chemicals. We also cover his quest for "true silence" that led him to anechoic chambers and the remote borders of Big Bend National Park, the logistics of building a winter quinzhee, and the counterintuitive thermodynamics of wearing fishnet base layers in freezing weather. We wrap the show with a last call to RSVP for our upcoming Seattle Hiker Meetup, a breakdown of how to get from the Denver airport to Waterton Canyon on the cheap, Peg Leg's list of trail foods she never gets tired of, a Question of the Day deciding between one day in Ancient Egypt vs one spent with aliens, a Triple Crown of our favorite Disney and Pixar movies, and a mailbag serving as a Durston Gear ad. LMNT: Get a free sample pack with any order at drinklmnt.com/trek. Gossamer Gear: Use code "BACKPACKERRADIO" for $20 off LT5 Trekking Poles at gossamergear.com. Shady Rays: Use code "TREK" for 40% off two or more pairs of sunglasses at shadyrays.com. Hyperlite Mountain Gear: Use code "BPRADIO15" for 15% of hyperlitemountaingear.com [divider] Interview with Steven of MyLifeOutdoors MyLifeOutdoors.com MyLifeOutdoors Youtube MyLifeOutdoors Instagram Time stamps & Questions 00:05:12 - Reminders: Join us for a hiker meetup in Seattle, subscribe to The Trek's Youtube, and listen to our episodes ad-free on Patreon! 00:07:50 - Introducing Steven 00:08:30 - How did your channel grow by more than half a million subscribers in the past year? 00:16:30 - How was it for you to manage being a partner and a creator while supporting your wife? 00:18:59 - Discussion about Luke Nichols gifting Steven a video to keep his channel going 00:23:13 - How is your wife doing now, and what does life look like post-treatment? 00:31:02 - Were you eased into the outdoors as a kid? 00:34:13 - Where was your first backpacking trip? 00:36:39 - What drew you to science-based content, and do you have an educational background in science? 00:39:26 - Are your kids into your outdoor content? 00:42:06 - Tell us about your PFAS/GORE-TEX video and its broader impact 00:47:19 - When you came out with the PFAS video, where were consumers in their awareness? 00:59:24 - Did you face any legal or industry pushback after the video? 01:01:43 - Tell us about your "disappearing silence in the wilderness" video 01:12:42 - What was your experience finding true silence in Big Bend? 01:14:24 - Tell us about building a quinzhee for your snow shelter video 01:26:05 - Discussion about post-PFAS rain gear — what are you using now? 01:28:34 - When you try gear you don't love, how do you handle that responsibly with such a large audience? 01:32:47 - How many gear pitches do you get, and how do you filter them? 01:35:01 - When did you decide to delegate some work to an assistant? 01:36:46 - What are your three favorite pieces of gear? 01:39:24 - Where do you source your gear knowledge and stay on top of new releases? 01:47:22 - Tell us about the science of mesh base layers and fishnet baselayers in cold weather 01:50:32 - How do you craft titles and thumbnails, and do you A/B test them? 01:52:45 - How do you handle negative comments online? 01:54:49 - Stay Salty Question: What's your hottest take in the world of backpacking? Segments Trek Propaganda: How to Get From Denver to Waterton Canyon in Under $30 and 4 Hours by Jackson Mauser 8 Trail Foods I Never Got Tired of, Even After 22,000 Miles by Peg Leg QOTD: If you knew you were safe, would you rather spend 1 day in ancient Egypt, or 1 day with aliens? Triple Crown of Disney/Pixar movies Mail Bag 5 Star Review [divider] Check out our sound guy @my_boy_pauly/ and his coffee. Sign up for the Trek's newsletter Leave us a voicemail! Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (and please leave us a review)! Find us on Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play. Support us on Patreon to get bonus content. Advertise on Backpacker Radio Follow The Trek, Chaunce, Badger, and Trail Correspondents on Instagram. Follow Backpacker Radio, The Trek and Chaunce on YouTube. Follow Backpacker Radio on Tik Tok. Our theme song is Walking Slow by Animal Years. 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New reporting is raising questions about State Rep. James Talarico’s voting address. We’ll explain what it found and why it matters.Construction crews have arrived inside Big Bend National Park as plans for a new border wall move forward. We’ll hear the latest from reporters on the ground.Could stores be charging you a different price than […] The post Big Bend border wall construction poised to begin appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
In 2019, I joined a group of students from Texas Tech on a five-day bikepacking trip through Big Bend Ranch State Park. That trip is where I met Anna Claire. On the morning of day two, she and I sat down to record Episode 6 of the Bikes or Death Podcast. That conversation provides important context for today's episode, as it showcases AC's longstanding love for Big Bend. We play a clip from it in today's show, but the full episode is worth a listen if you want to join us on a journey through Big Bend in a pre-COVID world. Fast-forward seven years. Anna Claire is now a resident of Terlingua, Texas, which sits on the doorstep of both Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park. As a result, she has had a front-row seat to the border-wall activity happening throughout the region. A full-time photographer and passionate lover of the outdoors, especially Big Bend, Anna Claire couldn't sit idly by. She picked up her camera and began documenting what was happening. It wasn't long before a coalition of residents and allies joined her to form No Big Bend Wall, a nonprofit organization established to inform, educate, and fight the construction of a border wall in Big Bend. While today's episode deviates from our typical bikepacking fare, it does so for a very real and important reason. Our public lands are under attack. We as trail users, outdoorsmen, and adventurers are able to enjoy these places because public lands were protected by those who came before us. Throughout history, when those lands have come under threat, coalitions have formed to defend them. Now it is our turn. Today's episode isn't about politics. It is about one of our nation's most sacred outdoor sanctuaries being under attack. Big Bend needs you right now. In this episode, Anna Claire breaks down some of the misinformation circulating online. We discuss the real-world implications of the proposed wall, explore alternative solutions, and provide tangible ways you can take action to help preserve Big Bend and keep it unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. TAKE ACTION Visit No Big Bend Wall to take a deeper dive into the topics discussed in todays episode and take action where you can! Are you a business owner against the construction of a Big Bend Wall? Sign this petition NOW! DEADLINE IS JULY 29TH Today's episode is provided ad-free courtesy of Old Man Mountain
Episode 95 – Alpine: Where the Mountains Became Home Alpine is often described as the gateway to Big Bend, but its story is far richer than that. In this episode of Hidden History of Texas, we explore a different question: Why did Alpine succeed where so many frontier settlements disappeared? Rather than focusing on dates and famous names, we trace the forces that shaped this remarkable mountain community. We examine how the geography of the Davis Mountains created a more hospitable environment than much of the surrounding desert, why dependable water and grasslands attracted ranchers, and how the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad transformed an isolated settlement into a regional center of commerce. The story doesn't end with cattle and railroads. Alpine found a lasting identity through education with the establishment of Sul Ross State University, bringing students, teachers, and new opportunities to one of the most remote parts of Texas. Later, the creation of Big Bend National Park added another chapter, making Alpine a welcoming base for travelers drawn to the beauty and history of the Trans-Pecos. More than the story of a single town, this episode explores how permanent communities take root. Frontier forts made travel possible, but places like Alpine demonstrated what it took to stay. Geography, transportation, ranching, education, and determination all came together to create a community that continues to thrive more than a century later. Join us as we discover why Alpine is not simply a stop on the way to somewhere else—it is one of the places that helps explain how West Texas became home.
You can rent a bedroom where a little girl in a yellow dress still hums lullabies, a miner's casita in a Texas ghost town, or a schoolhouse tucked inside a working cemetery — and every one of these haunted Airbnbs is bookable tonight.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AirBNBREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3s9xb4btFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Spending the night in a haunted house is always unnerving, but would you pay for the experience? If you're looking for a spooky escape, maybe you could try a haunted AirBNB! You might not rest in peace in these haunted homes, but you're bound to have a memorable night preparing for paranormal activity, seeking the supernatural, and greeting ghosts. (Book A Stay At a Haunted AirBNB) *** Sawney Bean, said to be the leader of a 45-member clan in Scotland, is infamously accused of murdering and cannibalizing over 1,000 people in the early 16th century. His story inspired the horror film, ‘The Hills Have Eyes.' But did Sawney Bean ever truly exist? (The Man Who Inspired ‘The Hills Have Eyes') *** Nestled in the Kentish Weald, the quaint village of Stalisfield boasts a thousand-year-old church and timeless tranquility. But beneath its serene surface, whispers of ancient pagan rites and dark ceremonies linger. Could the chilling past of sacrificial rituals still echo through the village today? (The Stalisfield Blade) *** As dusk fell, a pickup truck pulled up to a motel outside Tarzana. Inside, Brother Elzibah and his monks prepared for a perilous mission, recording martyr statements and arming themselves with explosives. Their target on December 10, 1958: Krishna Venta, a self-styled prophet in Box Canyon. This night promised a dramatic showdown that would mark a violent chapter in the history of American spiritual communes, and the country's cults. 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Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April 29, 2024This episode of Weird Darkness roams from haunted rental homes you can book for the night to a Scottish cannibal legend, a Kentish village's whispered sacrifice rites, and the dynamite that ended a Southern California cult.It opens with a tour of haunted Airbnbs scattered across the United States and beyond, from Hobo Hill House in Jefferson City, Missouri — a 1910 American Foursquare where sightings of a man in a top hat drove the Clark family out and onto "The Dead Files" — to the Parks-Bowman Mansion in New Orleans, where guests booking the dead girl's bedroom report a young spirit in a yellow dress who hums lullabies and paces with a limp. The Kahn Hotel in Jefferson, Texas has logged over 300 paranormal investigations and one recording of a woman's scream followed by a gunshot; Farnam Manor in Richfield, Ohio traces its haunting to the owner's daughter drowning in a well in 1834; and a converted 1900 schoolhouse sits inside Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson, New York, complete with an 18th-century opium wedding bed. The Creole Mansion in New Orleans, built in 1855 for Louise Vitry, and the Terlingua ghost-town casita overlooking Big Bend round out a list that stretches from Salem, Massachusetts to York, England.From there the episode turns to Sawney Bean, the legendary patriarch of a 45-member clan said to have lived in Bennane Cave along the Scottish coast, robbing, murdering, and cannibalizing more than 1,000 travelers across roughly 25 years before King James VI led a manhunt that ended in the men being executed and the women burned at the stake. Historical records first mention Bean in 1755, a century after he supposedly lived, and Scottish historian Dr. Louise Yeoman argues the tale may have started as English propaganda, with the name "Sawney" serving as a period slur against Scots. Wes Craven credited the Bean legend as the direct inspiration for his film The Hills Have Eyes.Next comes Stalisfield, a tiny hamlet in the Kentish Weald with a thousand-year-old church and The Plough Inn, where old villagers speak of pagan harvest rites tied to a flint sacrifice knife hewn from Kentish stone. The stories describe animals slaughtered on a sarsen stone and, in the darkest tellings, a golden-haired virgin tied to a stake, dismembered with the flint blade, her blood collected in a golden vessel and her ashes mixed with seed and scattered into the corners of the fields — corners locals still avoid after dark, marked by their overgrowth.The episode closes with Krishna Venta, born Francis Herman Pencovic in San Francisco in 1911, a barefoot self-styled prophet who claimed to have been born half a million years earlier on a planet called Neophrates and founded the WKFL Foundation on a 23-acre glen in Box Canyon. Two disaffected monks, Ralph Muller and Peter Kamenoff — who had taken the names Elzibah and Jeroham and accused Venta of sleeping with their wives — recorded martyr statements at a Tarzana motel and drove to the commune on December 10, 1958 with twenty sticks of dynamite in a musette bag. The blast lifted the top off the stone monastery, was heard more than 20 miles away, and killed ten people, including Venta, Cardinal Gene, and two children from the dormitories, seven-year-old Keela Baker and eleven-year-old Elwyn; survivors later scattered into other movements, among them members who died in Jonestown alongside Jim Jones' Peoples Temple in 1978.
After a week of devastating floods in the Hill Country, it's now about clean-up and recovery. We'll have the latest from Kerrville and more.There are two dead and hundreds rescued after floodwaters rose to record levels for a second time in as many years last week. Concerns are now about the effects downstream. In Uvalde, […] The post Big Bend's dark skies face a new threat appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
Officers' row (ruins), looking west, before the National Park Service acquired Fort Davis National Historic Site. The Frontier Forts: Guarding West Texas Hello friends, and welcome back to Hidden History of Texas. Last time, we crossed the Pecos River and entered one of the most remarkable landscapes in our state, the Trans-Pecos. We discovered a Texas of mountains instead of rolling hills... deserts instead of forests... vast distances instead of crowded settlements. It is a beautiful country. But it could also be a dangerous one. Today, I'd like to answer a simple question. How did people safely travel through this immense wilderness? The answer lies in a network of frontier forts that stretched across West Texas. Their purpose wasn't to conquer the land. It was to connect it. When we hear the word fort, many of us picture thick stone walls, cannons, and soldiers preparing for battle. The reality on the Texas frontier was often much different. Most frontier forts weren't castles. They were working communities. Soldiers lived there. Families lived there. Blacksmiths, teamsters, doctors, cooks, laundresses, merchants, scouts, and civilians all played a role in keeping these isolated outposts alive. In many ways, a frontier fort was less like a military base and more like a very small town whose primary mission happened to be protecting the frontier. By the 1850s, more settlers, ranchers, and merchants were moving westward. Stagecoaches carried passengers and mail. Freight wagons hauled supplies. Ranches expanded into new country. Yet the farther west people traveled, the farther they moved from established communities. Water became scarce. Distances became immense. Travelers could spend days crossing country where there were few signs of civilization. For many, reaching the next fort meant safety. Among the most important of these posts was Fort Davis. Nestled in the cool elevations of the Davis Mountains, the fort occupied one of the most strategic locations in West Texas. It guarded the San Antonio–El Paso Road, one of the principal overland routes across the Southwest. If you've ever driven Interstate 10 across West Texas, you're following a path not terribly different from the one travelers depended upon more than 150 years ago. The landscape may look timeless. But for generations, this road represented connection. Mail. Commerce. Communication. Hope. Fort Davis also tells another important story. Following the Civil War, many of its soldiers belonged to the African American regiments that history remembers as the Buffalo Soldiers. These men escorted wagon trains... protected mail coaches... constructed roads... and patrolled enormous stretches of difficult country. Their assignments often took them across hundreds of miles of mountains and desert. The work was demanding. The conditions harsh. Yet their contributions became an essential part of opening West Texas to settlement and commerce. Today, Fort Davis remains one of the best-preserved frontier military posts in the nation, allowing visitors to walk through the very buildings where these soldiers lived and served. Farther east stood another important outpost. Fort Stockton. If Fort Davis owed its existence to mountain passes and transportation routes... Fort Stockton owed its existence to something even more valuable. Water. Specifically, Comanche Springs. Long before there was a military fort... long before Texas became a state... Native peoples knew these springs well. Spanish explorers depended upon them. Travelers crossing the desert planned their journeys around them. In the Trans-Pecos, water wasn't simply convenient. It was survival. The Army recognized the importance of Comanche Springs almost immediately. A fort built near reliable water could protect travelers while providing soldiers with the resources they needed to remain in one of the harshest environments in North America. Like Fort Davis, Fort Stockton became an important stopping point for stagecoaches, freight wagons, mail carriers, and settlers moving across West Texas. It represented more than military protection. It represented certainty. After days of dust, heat, and uncertainty, travelers knew there would be fresh water ahead. One thing I've come to appreciate while studying these frontier forts is that they weren't isolated places. They formed a network. Each supported the others. Each protected a different section of the transportation routes that connected San Antonio with El Paso and points beyond. Without that network, settlement across much of West Texas would have been far slower and far more dangerous. The forts helped make the frontier accessible. Not easy... but possible. Today, many visitors stop at Fort Davis or Fort Stockton because they enjoy history. Others simply happen to pass through on their way to Big Bend or El Paso. Yet these quiet places remind us of something important. The highways we drive today didn't simply appear. Long before there were interstates... before paved roads... before automobiles... there were wagon trails. Mail routes. Stagecoaches. Horse patrols. And frontier forts that made those journeys possible. As I travel through West Texas, I'm always struck by the silence. The distances remain enormous. The mountains still dominate the horizon. The desert still commands your respect. It's not difficult to imagine a soldier standing watch here 150 years ago, looking out across the same landscape and understanding that help was many miles away. Perhaps that's why these forts continue to capture our imagination. They remind us that courage isn't always found in dramatic battles. Sometimes courage is found in showing up each day... doing your duty... and standing watch in a place where few others were willing to go. Next time, we'll leave the forts behind and visit the communities that grew around them. We'll travel to Alpine, where the cool mountain air helped shape a ranching community that would become the gateway to the Big Bend. Until then, remember that history isn't only written in great cities or famous battlefields. Sometimes it's written beside a mountain pass... or around a spring in the desert... where ordinary people quietly made extraordinary journeys possible. I'm Hank Wilson, and this has been Hidden History of Texas. Until next time... keep asking questions... because history always has another story waiting just down the trail.
Chris and Heather explore the schedule of events around the Smithsonian "Spark! Places of Innovation" on display at the Museum of the Big Bend through August 8.Companion events during the exhibit's run covering the arts, history, technology and cultural heritage can be found in Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa, Big Bend National Park, Presidio, San Elizario and El Paso!See the full schedule at www.museumofthebigbend.com/spark-schedule/
Host Dave Fiore sits down with Jim Hunt, founder of Serve Strong and a familiar presence in Tallahassee's business and civic community for nearly three decades. Jim will tell you he is a relationship person first. The job titles just kind of followed. Jim grew up a military kid, moving every four or five years before his family settled in Melbourne Beach. He came to FSU planning on law school and took a part-time teller job at Capital City Bank that turned into a career that lasted two decades. Then one thing led to the next — the commercial internet before most people knew what a website was, time in marketing at the Moore Agency and 223, and even a stint helping bring cloud computing to Tallahassee. Along the way he chaired United Way of the Big Bend, led Leadership Tallahassee and served on boards across the city. Not because it was good for business, but because he watched his parents serve their community growing up. Last year he launched Serve Strong, a leadership and strategic advisory, and landed his first client before he had told anyone what he was doing. Dave and Jim talk about service, community and what it looks like to build a career around other people and then figure out what comes next. Contact Information Serve Strong Website LinkedIn _________________________________ Thanks for listening to Tallahassee's Podcast. Enjoying the conversation? Please share this episode. Love the show? Please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. About the Podcast: How I Got Here is hosted by Dave Fiore and features Tallahassee leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers sharing the experiences and pivotal moments that shaped their journey. The show is produced by Fiore Communications, a Tallahassee-based strategic marketing firm that helps businesses build trust with the audiences that matter most. Visit hightlh.com for more great episodes and to suggest a guest or sign up for email updates. Connect with Dave Fiore: LinkedIn Explore more local podcasts: Tallahassee Podcast Network Follow or Subscribe to How I Got Here Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube
Chris talks with Stewart Ramser about the 15th annual Viva Big Bend music festival, bringing more than 65 live music performances to more than 20 stages in 6 communities: Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, Marathon, Terlingua and Presidio!Full event info, wristbands and hotel packages available at vivabigbend.com.
When local river guide-turned small-town investigative reporter Sam Karas discovers that the Trump administration has been quietly waiving environmental regulations to expedite the building of a new border wall, she knows that they'll be coming for the Big Bend soon. This remote corner of West Texas is widely beloved for its rugged beauty, dark skies, and unique wildlife, and now, locals are coming together across party lines to protect the way of life they know and love along the Rio Grande. Thin Green Line Chandra Brown, river guide and writing coach, led a 5 day retreat canoeing the Rio Grande. On their final night, Mother Nature erupted. Support comes from Kuat Racks Oboz Darn Tough Free shipping on any order with code DIRTBAG Ka'Chava Go to https://kachava.com and use code DIARIES for 15% off your next order. Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today.
Supreme Court cases on birthright citizenship, gun rights, transgender women and girls in sports… Where do we stand? Constitutional law professor Seth Chandler of the University of Houston Law Center joins us with what cases to watch for and where the high court appears to be leaning as the nine justices wrap up the current […] The post Big Bend border wall plans upend vital park changes appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
He wants to ban Islam in Texas and now he’s the GOP pick for a seat on one of Texas’ most powerful commissions. Who is Bo French? A closer look at why, after this week, a race for a seat on the Texas railroad commission suddenly carries more weight than it might seem at first […] The post Where things stand with Big Bend border wall plans appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Representative Jason Crow, of Colorado, an Army Ranger veteran, member of the House Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, and one of the so-called Seditious Six, members of Congress whom Donald Trump threatened to have arrested for recording a video which reminded servicemembers that they are not required to follow illegal orders. Crow is also co-leading the Democratic Party's effort to recruit and train a new generation of congressional candidates, placing him at the center of an urgent dilemma: how can the Party translate growing anxiety over the economy and the war in Iran into a coherent, winning message? His answer, in part, is to go “hyper-local,” build coalitions, and ignore the noise. “I tell these folks that you're basically running your campaign like you're running for mayor of your district,” Crow says. “Ignore Fox News, ignore the cable news networks, ignore the algorithms. You can't control that, anyhow.”See the Washington Roundtable live at 92NY on June 4th.This week's reading: “When Trump's Away,” by Antonia Hitchens “What the Gerrymandering Wars Mean for the Midterms—and 2028,” by Isaac Chotiner “Will Donald Trump be Allowed to Destroy His Records?,” by Ruth Marcus “The Looming Disaster of the Border Wall in Big Bend, Texas,” by Rachel Monroe The Political Scene draws on the reporting and analysis found in The New Yorker for lively conversations about the big questions in American politics. Join the magazine's writers and editors as they put into context the latest news—about elections, the economy, the White House, the Supreme Court, and much more. New episodes are available three times a week. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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