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Calen Moore
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Kansas News Service
'Adapt or die': Farmers in western Kansas consider alternative crops to save water
Calen Moore
Western Kansas is running out of the water needed to fuel irrigated agriculture. Why is it so hard for farmers to switch to alternative crops?
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Jimenez y Friends
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At Jiménez y Friends in Lubbock, barbecue and tacos share the spotlight
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
'We tried to save those kids': Texas doctor watched children die of measles. Now it's back in Texas
Lucio Vasquez |The Texas Newsroom
A math class at Jackson Middle School in North East ISD.
Camille Phillips
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TPR
Texas Senate proposal swaps school funding increase for teacher pay boost that favors small districts
Camille Phillips
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Today's Newscast
May 16th, 2025
The KTTZ News Team
The tooth of the prehistoric giant ground sloth has been uncovered right here in Lubbock as part of an environmental review for the Loop 88 highway project. Our Bishop Van Buren spoke with TxDot and reports on the discovery. Today marks the first day Lubbock's splash pads are open for the summer. The Mae Simmons, Maxey, and Rogers splash pads will be open this weekend from 10 A.M.to 8 P.M., beginning at 3 P.M. during the week, and return to normal hours starting May 23.
Text reading 'West Texas Measles Outbreak' overlayed on an image of Lubbock Public Health officials administering vaccines to individuals.
KTTZ
Updates: confirmed measles cases, hospitalizations in West Texas
Samantha Larned
Updated data and information from public health officials on confirmed measles cases in the region.
Flatland Cavalry members talk about their return to Lubbock with reporter Bishop Van Buren. Taken on November 3, 2024.
KTTZ
Flatland Cavalry sits down with KTTZ
Bishop Van Buren
Our reporter Bishop Van Buren interviews Flatland Cavalry, a band that began in Lubbock and returned to the Hub City last week after releasing their new single: "Lubbock."