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The local real estate market is facing some major changes as federal cuts would eliminate 44% of the budget for housing vouchers. That would impact thousands of local households.The US Budget passed by the House makes some huge changes to Medicaid, slashing funding by hundreds of billions over the next decade and requiring recipients to work in order to keep their coverage. We’ll hear from a Brownwood doctor who shares his perspective on how this will impact rural West Texas.Abilene has suspended the practice of adding fluoride to the public water supply, and the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is urging the CDC to stop recommending that it be added to municipal water. A local dentist explains why he thinks fluoride is key to protecting public health.On West Texas Roots, a West Texan recounts his father’s World War Two service, life along San Angelo’s Sherwood Way, and family memories that span from West Texas to Alaska.And the second season for the Flying Bison baseball team is underway.

We hear a story that stretches from the streets of San Angelo to the shores of World War II and the icy roads of Alaska. One West Texan shares memories of his father’s service overseas, gas wars on Sherwood Way, and growing up in a time when adventure and hardship were part of everyday life. It’s a window into how one family’s journey through war, military life, and small-town Texas helped shape their sense of home and identity. Here’s their story.

This week, we’ll hear from an attorney who serves migrants in West Texas. She shares her experience of navigating the fast-paced changes impacting her work with people who are working on becoming U.S. citizens. There’s someone new at the helm of McMurry University. We’ll introduce you to President Lynn Murray, who is leading the university into its next century. Drought is intensifying across Texas. The Texas Water Development Board reported last week that, compared to a year ago, Texas has more than double the amount of drought. We’ll hear from an author who says cities in the Southwest could be a model for resilience as temperatures rise and drought becomes an ongoing challenge. AND local children are preparing for their moment in the spotlight this month—the Dyess and Abilene Children’s Theater will bring Disney’s The Little Mermaid Junior to the stage.

I nor the West Texas Tribune or It's Everything West Texas is making an endorsement. However we will give all the council candidates an opportunity to be interviewed.

I nor the West Texas Tribune or It's Everything West Texas is making an endorsement. However, we will give all the council candidates an opportunity to be interviewed.

One man's experience with education in the 1940s.

West Texas living always comes with spiders.

In time for Valentine's Day—this week’s West Texas Roots brings us a love story — as a blacksmith tells us of his love for a special anvil.

A bookstore with a lot of history in Brownwood, Texas!

Randy shares the story of how a simple childhood moment sparked a lifelong obsession with pecans.