A virga bomb in West Texas produced wind gusts stronger than 100 mph in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday night. Here’s what ...

Earlier this week, a weather phenomenon near Midland produced the area's first triple-digit wind gust in almost 100 years.

West Odessa is an unincorporated community in the heart of West Texas’ oil patch that has outgrown its water system, leaving many to buy and haul in their water.

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West Texans were looking to the skies Saturday night, and many were left wondering: what was that? Around 9:25 p.m. on April ...

Current mobile home owners have nothing to fear ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- On April 14th, the City of Odessa gave notice to ...

A forgotten flip phone is being credited with saving a 16-year-old West Odessa girl from a relative she says kept her captive, forced her to use methamphetamine and made her submit to sex acts for ...

ODESSA — When President Donald Trump boasted about falling oil prices on social media early Monday, the Texas oil and gas ...

West Texas and the Texas Panhandle experienced nearly a dozen tornadoes and grapefruit-sized hail as the spring storm season ...

Big money, big impact—but barely any buzz. Midland and Odessa leaders are calling on voters to make their voices heard.

A number of homes in the towns of Weatherford and Millsap west of the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex suffered extensive damage ...