/tags/permian-basin Permian Basin en-US Copyright Wed, 01 May 2024 21:16:58 GMT /energy-environment/2024-05-01/mansfield-earthquake-johnson-county-oil-gas-drilling It's too early to tell whether the magnitude 3.0 and 3.2 earthquakes were human induced, but experts say most earthquakes in North Texas are due to oil and gas drilling. Wed, 01 May 2024 21:16:58 GMT /energy-environment/2024-05-01/mansfield-earthquake-johnson-county-oil-gas-drilling Bekah Morr /texas-news/2021-10-07/abandoned-oil-well-leaks-throw-one-west-texas-rancher-into-a-battle-over-her-lands-future In the Permian Basin, thousands of oil and gas wells fill the landscape, and today some of that aging equipment is bursting and leading to uncontrolled leaks. Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2021-10-07/abandoned-oil-well-leaks-throw-one-west-texas-rancher-into-a-battle-over-her-lands-future Mitch Borden /news/2020-07-29/watch-president-trump-gives-remarks-while-visiting-west-texas-fracking-fields President Donald Trump’s visit to a U.S. fracking hub on the West Texas plains comes during the state’s fierce coronavirus outbreak and a global oil and… Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:30:00 GMT /news/2020-07-29/watch-president-trump-gives-remarks-while-visiting-west-texas-fracking-fields Associated Press /news/2019-09-05/official-feds-search-home-for-link-to-gun-in-texas-shooting Investigators looking for how a Texas gunman obtained an assault-style rifle used in a Labor Day weekend rampage despite failing a background check have… Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:05:33 GMT /news/2019-09-05/official-feds-search-home-for-link-to-gun-in-texas-shooting Associated Press /2019-09-04/odessa-residents-try-to-understand-how-a-shooting-could-happen-in-a-utopia-in-the-desert A line of white crosses dotted an empty lot on an otherwise busy road in south Odessa. The memorial went up several days after a shooting rampage killed... Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:01:43 GMT /2019-09-04/odessa-residents-try-to-understand-how-a-shooting-could-happen-in-a-utopia-in-the-desert Camille Phillips /news/2019-09-04/the-latest-on-the-victims-in-west-texas-attack As authorities continue their investigation into Saturday's shooting rampage, stories of the victims of the attack are coming to light. Seven people were… Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:23:55 GMT /news/2019-09-04/the-latest-on-the-victims-in-west-texas-attack TPR News /news/2019-09-03/texas-shooter-got-gun-at-private-sale-denied-in-2014-check The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background… Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:06:01 GMT /news/2019-09-03/texas-shooter-got-gun-at-private-sale-denied-in-2014-check Associated Press /2019-09-03/walmart-will-no-longer-sell-ammo-for-handguns-and-the-ar-15 The company will also stop allowing customers to openly carry firearms inside its stores, and called on lawmakers to consider passing new gun control legislation. Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:12:35 GMT /2019-09-03/walmart-will-no-longer-sell-ammo-for-handguns-and-the-ar-15 Chris Haxel /news/2019-09-03/heres-how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-odessa-and-midland-shootings The communities of Odessa and Midland are taking their first steps toward healing, after a mass shooting over Labor Day weekend left seven people dead and… Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:38:26 GMT /news/2019-09-03/heres-how-you-can-help-victims-of-the-odessa-and-midland-shootings Marfa Public Radio /news/2019-09-02/odessa-shooter-had-been-on-a-long-downward-spiral-according-to-fbi Law enforcement in Texas released more information Monday afternoon about the investigation into this weekend’s mass shooting which killed seven people… Mon, 02 Sep 2019 21:51:22 GMT /news/2019-09-02/odessa-shooter-had-been-on-a-long-downward-spiral-according-to-fbi Jonathan Levinson