Local leaders say the oil boom has caused strains that their city and county budgets can’t keep up with. Two West Texas lawmakers want to divert 10% of the roughly $8 billion that oil and gas ...

High winds and dry conditions have significantly heightened the fire risk across Texas, prompting officials to warn of "extreme fire danger" in West Texas, stretching from the Big Bend region ...

Here’s something people may not know: Who are the biggest landowners in a state so big? To answer that question, the Houston Chronicle developed a first-of-its-kind tool using an analysis of property ...

Three additional counties in the state, as well as three in Alabama and one each in Georgia and Maryland, rounded out the bottom of the list. Below is an interactive map with the county-by-county ...

This collection of interactive exercises uses Times resources to help young people find the news that matters to them, understand how it’s made, connect it to their lives — and make media of ...

but there are six county-enacted burn bans in central and southwest Florida, according to the Florida Forest Service’s burn ban map. Note that burning yard debris is always prohibited in Duval ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A rainy weather system is ... the focus for heavy rainfall and street flooding will primarily be confined to the counties and communities southwest of Houston and closer ...

KSAT visited the South Side for a sneak peek at Harlandale High School’s BexarFest project. Read full article: Here’s a timeline of this week’s rain chances Violeta Medlin said someone threw ...

The interactive map below shows the percentage of adults who self-reported excessive drinking in each county in Illinois in 2022. To view that rate, click or hover on each county below ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep ...

Three additional counties in the state, as well as three in Alabama and one each in Georgia and Maryland, rounded out the bottom of the list. Below is an interactive map with the county-by-county ...