Marfa Public Radio
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Radio for a Wide Range. Serving Far West Texas and the Permian Basin with @NPR programming, eclectic music and local news.
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Our reporting at Marfa Public Radio cited by Dallas Morning News: dallasnews.com/news/texas/202…
The Lubbock public health director said Wednesday local efforts to fight a measles outbreak will be affected by the federal government’s announcement that it’s pulling $11 billion in COVID-era funding for public health departments. Via Texas Tribune marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-03-2…
Stations like Marfa Public Radio do a great job of sharing the news and culture of their communities, thanks to Corporation for Public Broadcasting federal funding. In the case of Marfa Public Radio, the coverage is often shared with all Texans through Texas Standard (@texasstandard.bsky.social).
In this week's Desert Dispatch from Marfa Public Radio - a beyond-the-memes account of Blue Origin's recent rocket launch from Far West Texas - by Zoe Kurland: marfapublicradio.org/desert-dispatc…
Trump admin says it'll expand effort for military control of the border to Texas. Where exactly? Admin won't say. But there's only a few areas of federal land in TX where it could happen. For Marfa Public Radio: marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-04-1…
Trump admin's effort to further militarize the border could mean the military takes over parts of Big Bend NPS - but the government isn't saying much about it for now. For Marfa Public Radio: marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-04-1…
All of us here at Marfa Public Radio are grieving the loss of one of our longtime volunteer local DJs - the inimitable "Doc Cactus" - who hosted his Far Out West Texas Blue Monday show ever week for the last 15 years. A note from myself and the station: marfapublicradio.org/highlight/2025…
"So tune your dial to Marfa Public Radio at 93.5 FM, put on your boots, and get ready for a West Texas adventure." 🫡 Bon Appétit with a Marfa Public Radio shoutout: bonappetit.com/story/where-to…
Multi-year closure of Chisos Basin at Big Bend NPS now pushed to August - park set to tear down and rebuild the decades-old Chisos Mountains Lodge: marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-04-3…
On the latest episode of Marfa Public Radio's Nature Notes - we present to you - the "Werewolf Mouse" of the desert: marfapublicradio.org/show/nature-no…
Our Party Politics crew Houston Public Media repping our friends at Marfa Public Radio !
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More than 100 years after 15 Hispanic men and boys were shot and killed in an infamous borderland massacre in West Texas, a judge has signed off on formal death certificates for the victims. via Marfa Public Radio marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-05-1…
Good luck and Godspeed to Anne Pitts Marozas! Welcome to the wild world of public radio 📻 Marfa Public Radio marfapublicradio.org/highlight/2025…
Another near-sweep of the regional Murrow awards for Marfa Public Radio - we won in 8 of 9 categories, including Overall Excellence! rtdna.org/news/rtdna-ann…
Measles case ID'd in Brewster County - first in the Big Bend region since an outbreak started in West Texas - but this case not linked directly to the outbreak, for now anyways. For Marfa Public Radio: marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-05-2…
Last year an oilfield-related chemical storage facility near Odessa caught fire and polluted a nearby neighborhood - lawmakers have now approved a ban on such facilities being located within 2,000 ft of homes. For Marfa Public Radio: marfapublicradio.org/news/2025-06-0…