As a longtime Marfa resident, I’ve heard plenty of theories about why our high desert town is so beloved. Some people think it’s the quality of light; or the expansive Trans-Pecos sky; or the ...

Texas is the ninth-most visited state in the U.S., with 122 million annual visitors based on 2023 and 2024 figures. Many tourists, both local and international, are drawn to the state's rich culture, ...

WHO: Community activists in Marfa, who are celebrating a win after nearly two decades of advocacy to preserve the historic Blackwell School—and all Texans, who now have a new National Park Service ...

Marfa Shorthorns travel to Irvin for an early-season tournament game on Friday, Nov. 21. Tip is set for 4:15 p.m. Mountain at Irvin (home), giving El Paso-area fans a late-afternoon matchup to kick ...

MARFA, Texas — The small town of Marfa, Texas is made up of nearly 2,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But during the days of the Marfa Lights Festival, the city's Chamber of Commerce ...

The Blackwell School in Marfa was recently made a National Park. (Photo from NPS website) WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of the Interior ...

Deurbanization is everywhere these days. The cool kids move to Brooklyn. Brooklyn gets lame and they move to Detroit. Or Omaha. Or, in extreme cases, to the most desolate place on earth, Downtown Los ...

The Marfa Shorthorns take the field with the "shorthorn stampede" before every game during the fall football season. (Carlos Morales | For NPR) MARFA, Texas — From his view inside the press box at ...

At first glance, it’s a rather unmarkable, plain-looking, one-story building that sits in an unadorned lot in the dry West Texas town of Marfa. It has off-white adobe walls and a metal roof. On the ...

MARFA - With Election Day less than a month away, candidates up and down the ballot are making their final push to reach voters. CBS News Texas has been following the polls and covering political ...