With the first measles case reported in Bexar County earlier this week, some parents are closely monitoring the outbreak.

In a statement to KSAT, Metro Health Department Director Dr. Claude A. Jacob said it learned of the Bexar County measles case in mid-June.

A bipartisan bill in Washington proposing an expansion for Texas’ Big Bend National Park cleared a recent U.S. Senate hurdle this week.

Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field.

The court’s decision is not a final ruling in favor of the licenses, but it removes a major roadblock.

Demonstrations in McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Austin and elsewhere in Texas have been largely peaceful, as some protests are expected to go well into the night.

Three months ago, Texas lost $700 million in unspent federal pandemic-era funding.

The U.S. is up to 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year and Kentucky has a new outbreak.

The U.S. is up to 1,168 confirmed measles cases this year.

Aoudad sheep are joining the short list of animals Texas lawmakers allow to be shot from a helicopter, along with coyotes and feral hogs.

The trial of the Peruvian woman was the first test of the Trump administration’s new policy aimed at prosecuting immigrants who crossed the border illegally with military-related charges.

Not long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar energy. Now they’re bypassing the grid and building their own gas-fired power plants on site.

Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data.

The Legislature wrapped up without the same drama that defined the end of the last two sessions, with state GOP leaders checking off nearly everything on their to-do lists.

Former Empower Texans leader Michael Quinn Sullivan has challenged a $10,000 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission for failure to register as a lobbyist for more than 10 years at nearly every level of the state court system.

A few small rain chances will be around mainly late Tuesday and into Wednesday.

Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state approaches a crisis.

At least four companies say they are prepared to treat the water well enough to be released into rivers in West Texas. Environmental groups say the state is moving too fast.

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

Many of the patients are being treated in Lubbock, a medical hub for the South Plains where the outbreak originated.

Texas lawmakers are poised to make it easier to suspend disruptive students. But some teachers and school psychologists say discipline alone won’t meet the mental health needs at the root of their behavior.

Adults who are unsure whether they’re vaccinated can get additional shots, health experts say.

The trial in El Paso will hear a challenge over the redistricting maps drawn by the Legislature that are based on the 2020 census.

Listeners will soon be able to travel from the expanse of West Texas down into the Texas Hill Country, all through a new podcast from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.

Across Texas, abandoned wells are erupting with chemical-infused liquid and some have created massive lakes of contaminated water. Regulators say they need more money to address the problem.

The Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced the purchase of a 671-acre property in West Texas near Big Bend National Park.

The Teacher Incentive Allotment gives raises to teachers based on performance. But it leaves out many educators and school staff who contribute to students' success.

Abbott tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn turned legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.

The Texas Legislature has also invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable solution to the state’s water crisis.

North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.

A measles case has been confirmed in an Atascosa County adult resident, the county announced in a news release Tuesday.

An outbreak is considered over if there are no new cases reported in 42 consecutive days.

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F.

Blue Origin launched a historic human spaceflight on Monday morning from West Texas, and the crew in the New Shepard rocket’s 31st mission was made up of all women.

These ten tornadoes remain the deadliest in the state's history.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

North Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak.

El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.

State health officials added four more counties to what they consider “outbreak areas” and advise those visiting or living in those counties to consult measles vaccination guidance for those areas.

Much of the outbreak is concentrated in the districts of Texas House leaders, including Speaker Dustin Burrows. The crisis appears to have done little to change support for “vaccine choice.”

Supply chain disruptions and policy decisions can significantly change these costs for oil companies — and consumers.

Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family.

Military presence along the U.S.-Mexico border is expected to grow in the next few weeks as part of a border security mission, according to a report from Marfa Public Radio.

Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help budget-strapped counties keep up with growth.

Measles cases in West Texas are still rising two months after the outbreak began.

The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.

Low humidity will plunge into the area from the west, while winds gust to 35 mph.

People in San Antonio may have noticed a haze in the sky on Wednesday morning.

On the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID pandemic, we discuss the measles outbreak and the state’s ability to respond to health crises.

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.

Emboldened by court rulings and election victories, the Christian right is outspoken as it pushes its moral views through the Texas Legislature.

Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the restrictions will lead to fewer instructors in their classrooms.

Very strong winds have caused damage in the Texas Panhandle

A high fire danger exists both today and tomorrow in San Antonio.

The power has been restored after authorities at Texas Tech University said an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages on the campus, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel classes for the rest of the week.

The bill would have set deadlines for the oil and gas industry to plug inactive wells, which can pose a danger to the environment.

A deer hunter at a West Texas ranch discovered a rare Mammoth tusk, according to a press release from the Center for Big Bend Studies.

A missing 14-year-old girl from West Texas was located at a San Antonio motel, leading to the arrest of a California man on multiple felony charges, the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office told KSAT.

A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production.

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico now have 351 cases in total.

Indiana announced a new measles outbreak Wednesday.

The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the objections of state leaders.

Less wind, higher humidity tonight then a chilly morning.

On Saturday, several San Antonio residents on the South Side stood outside the Cortez Library, waiting for a pop-up clinic meant to raise measles vaccination rates in the community.

Austin Public Health confirmed an infant in Travis County has tested positive for measles, the first reported case in the county since 2019, according to a news release.

A measles outbreak in West Texas has heightened concerns and misinformation, with confirmed cases rising to 146 as of Friday.

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was reported 15 miles southwest of Ackerly in West Texas, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated.

Declining vaccination rates, decreasing trust in government and a political unwillingness to endorse vaccines is shaping Texas’ measles response.

MMR vaccination rates vary by San Antonio district, with several schools reporting 100% coverage, while one has a rate as low as 40%.

As the measles outbreak in West Texas continues to expand, San Antonio’s health officials are raising awareness about the virus.

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.

Texas’ indigent defense commission wants lawmakers to spend $35 million on public defender offices in rural areas, but some say that isn’t nearly enough to ensure compliance with the U.S. Constitution.

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures — and with sometimes strained or distant relations with public authorities.

A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas.

A naturalized citizen, along with other business leaders, are working to create new resources for undocumented people living in the Permian Basin.

The terminal continues an oil export infrastructure buildout that pushes growth in U.S. oil production as momentum fades on a phase-out of fossil fuels.

Two more counties, Potter and Parmer, have reported a measles case. The outbreak has cost state taxpayers $4.5 million to pay for immunization, testing and a public awareness campaign.

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 124 cases across nine counties.

The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases.

Gov. Greg Abbott said the state’s power grid “has never been stronger than it is now” and should weather the cold without issues.

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

National Park Service officials announced on Friday that construction in Big Bend’s Chisos Basin area, initially scheduled for May, will now begin in July.

A measles outbreak is growing in a West Texas community with a high rate of opting out of vaccination requirements.

A small county in West Texas has 15 measles cases, mostly in school-aged children.

Most of the infections have shown up in Gaines County. Texas health officials have consistently said that vaccination is the best way for people to avoid the highly contagious airborne disease.

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by President Donald Trump.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home.

Two years after lawmakers created a $10 million program to address leaking wells in rural counties, none of the money has been distributed.

The governor’s speech sets a broad agenda for the Legislature, including a nuclear renaissance and a Texas Cyber Command.

Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep. Dustin Burrows as House speaker.

Methane is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and is 80 times the potency of carbon dioxide.

Texas’ population is booming and there is not enough water for everyone. State Sen. Charles Perry hopes to fix that.

An investigation is ongoing in El Paso after an underground tunnel going from Ciudad Juarez into the Texas border town is found.

Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center public life around their faith.

Federal officials investigating the deadly West Texas collision between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling heavy equipment are trying to determine why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks.