Former KTTZ news director Sarah Self-Walbrick sits down with reporter Bishop Van Buren to discuss his tenure as a reporter for Texas Tech Public Media, his time and Lubbock, and his emotions in his final days with KTTZ.

The Texas Department of Transportation, alongside Lubbock’s city and county leaders, cut the ribbon for drivers on the first portion of the anticipated Loop 88 in south Lubbock, this southern portion of the outer loop project broke ground four years ago, but the full freeway is expected to take 15-20 years to complete, depending on state and federal funding. An environmental group is suing the Trump administration over its plan for a border wall in parts of the Big Bend region of Texas. Marfa Public Radio’s Travis Bubenik reports the Big Bend border wall plan has prompted widespread pushback from Democrats and Republicans.