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KRTS 93.5 FM Marfa Public Radio Listen Now -- Listen Now Donate Listen Now Donate Skip to content Site Menu Home About About the Stations Meet the Staff Meet the DJs Careers Press Contact Submit A PSA Programs KRTS Program Schedule KXWT Program Schedule Music Shows West Texas Talk Nature Notes Rambling Boy Propose a Program West TX Wonders News Events Events Calendar Live Storytelling Support Donate Shop the Store Underwriting Donate a Car Find Out More Facebook Twitter Instagram Search for: Audio Help Eda Cristelia Melendez Vallecillo, 70, from Honduras is pictured with her granddaughter Linda, 3, at "Albergue Para Migrantes El Buen Samaritano," in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 9, 2021. She was injured while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and was taken to the shelter by Grupos Beta, but she still hopes to seek asylum to reach her children in the United States. (Paul Ratje For KERA News) KRTS News An Eye Into What Has And Hasn’t Changed At The Border Under Biden At A Migrant Shelter In Juárez Some residents are packing up to leave, others are just arriving. And for some, the wait continues. Continue reading → Presidio residents gathered at the community's activity center to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at a state run clinic. (John Ferguson KRTS News “It is too difficult.”: Presidio Officials Call For More State Help To Vaccinate Residents Listen: “It is too difficult.”: Presidio Officials Call For More State Help To Vaccinate Residents Download The City of Presidio saw its first state-run mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic held on Thursday. Officials in the border community hope as more vaccines become available across the Big Bend region, more events like this will be held so the city doesn’t have to continue to rely on one local clinic for vaccines. Continue reading → KRTS News From Lockdown to Vaccine: The Pandemic In Photos In the last year, Marfa Public Radio reporters and photographers have captured the unforgettable moments of the pandemic, taking snapshots of daily life throughout the Permian Basin and the Big Bend region. Continue reading → (Carlos Morales / Marfa Public Radio) KRTS News Here’s What To Know About Upcoming Vaccinations In The Big Bend Region A growing number of residents most at risk for COVID-19 in the Big Bend area are being vaccinated, and local officials say they’re now ready to expand vaccine eligibility to include a wider swath of the population. Continue reading → Drivers line up to get vaccinated at a drive-thru event at Circuit of the Americas last month. (Julia Reihs / KUT) KRTS News Texas Expands Vaccine Eligibility To People 50 Years And Older By Matt Largey, KUT News People 50 and older in Texas will be eligible to get the COVID vaccine starting Monday. Continue reading → The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has not allowed in-person visitation during the pandemic. Starting next week, visits will be allowed at all of the state’s nearly 100 lockups, with some new limitations. (Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune) KRTS News Texas Lifts Yearlong Ban On Prison Visitation Beginning March 15 State prisons shut down visitation last March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading → KRTS News Texas Is Lifting Its Mask Mandate And COVID Restrictions On Businesses. Here’s What That Means. By Andrew Weber, KUT News Texas is reopening 100% next week, ending the statewide mask mandate and lifting COVID-related restrictions on businesses. Here’s a rundown of the order and what it means for local officials, schools and businesses. Continue reading → Over the course of the pandemic, the number of people visiting Big Bend National Park has fluctuated wildly — first dropping to all-time lows in the Spring, then smashing records in the final months of 2020. (Carlos Morales / Marfa Public Radio) KRTS News Going To Big Bend National Park? Despite Gov. Abbott Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions, You’ll Still Need A Mask Officials at Big Bend National Park say Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s rollback on the state’s mask mandate has “no impact” on park rules, and visitors are still required to wear a mask in all park buildings, as well as in outdoor spaces where social distancing isn’t possible. Continue reading → Kindergarten teacher Ginger Bolen teaches a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning at Boone Elementary School in South Austin. (Michael Minasi / KUT) KRTS News All Texas Teachers Are Now Eligible To Receive A COVID-19 Vaccine By Claire McInerny, KUT Teachers and child care workers are now included in groups currently eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday . Continue reading → At a vaccination event in early February, hundreds of Big Bend residents were vaccinated in Fort Davis. (Carlos Morales / Marfa Public Radio) KRTS News State Sends Texas National Guard To Vaccinate Older Texans In The Big Bend This week, the state is sending Texas National Guard teams to rural and isolated corners of the state to vaccinate seniors. The effort, dubbed “Save Our Seniors,” is part of the state’s attempt to get more elderly Texans vaccinated, especially those who live in hard-to-reach areas. Continue reading → (Carlos Morales / Marfa Public Radio) KRTS News West Texas Observatory Shoots For The Stars To Preserve Dark Skies Officials with McDonald Observatory are working to make Far West Texas and parts of Northern Mexico an International Dark Sky Reserve. They hope the special designation will help preserve the region’s dark skies and support ongoing research at the observatory Continue reading → ← Older stories KRTS News CEO Of Texas Power Grid Operator Terminated In Aftermath Of Winter Storm By Erin Douglas and Mitchell Ferman, Texas Tribune The board overseeing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the independent nonprofit entity that operates and manages the electricity grid that covers much of Texas, fired ERCOT CEO Bill Magness Wednesday night. Continue reading → Tagged Bill Magnes , ERCOT , Teas , Winter Storm | Comments Off on CEO Of Texas Power Grid Operator Terminated In Aftermath Of Winter Storm Nature Notes In West Texas, A Whirl of Birds Announces Spring’s Return Listen: In West Texas, A Whirl of Birds Announces Spring’s Return Download “Febrero loco y marzo otro poco” – “February is crazy and March a little more so” – a popular saying in Mexico and the borderlands has it. There are upheavals in the weather here – swings in temperature, days of … Continue reading → Nature Notes is broadcast Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:45 am and 4:45 pm. Comments Off on In West Texas, A Whirl of Birds Announces Spring’s Return KRTS News Public COVID-19 Testing Returns To Far West Texas This Week Testing for COVID-19 returns to the Big Bend region this second week of March. Public screenings for the disease take place in Marfa, Presidio, Marathon and Terlingua. The latter two Brewster County communities have seen little local testing in the last year. Continue reading → Comments Off on Public COVID-19 Testing Returns To Far West Texas This Week KRTS News In Tune Interview: Joshua Romatowski Listen: In Tune Interview: Joshua Romatowski Download In Tune Interview is a segment of Marfa Public Radio’s Monday classical music program In Tune — in which host Nick Hurt interviews and records live performances by classical musicians and educators. Continue reading → Comments Off on In Tune Interview: Joshua Romatowski KRTS News Energy CEO Calls Out Lack of Urgency From Texas Officials Ahead of Winter Storm Energy executives were among those questioned by Texas lawmakers on Thursday as officials try to sort out why so many people were left in the dark for days amid freezing temperatures. Continue reading → Tagged Blackouts , ERCOT , txlege , Winter Storm | Comments Off on Energy CEO Calls Out Lack of Urgency From Texas Officials Ahead of Winter Storm ← Older Stories Search for: West texas Talk West Texas Talk airs Thursdays at 6 PM, re-broadcast Fridays at 9 AM Oct 02, 2020: Art...