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Gov. Greg Abbott signs a set of bills aimed at tightening youth camp safety and strengthening the state's flood preparedness in September 2025. He is flanked by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas Rep. Drew Darby, as they raise signed flood relief bills toward families who lost loved ones last July's floods.
Patricia Lim
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KUT News
As flooding returns to Hill Country, Texas lawmakers say new safety laws already making a difference
Blaise Gainey
Nearly a year after deadly flooding prompted Texas lawmakers to overhaul the state's flood preparedness laws, officials say some of those changes are already helping. But many of the state's biggest flood mitigation projects remain years from completion.
A tree sinks into the Guadalupe River in Kerrville on Thursday.
Patricia Lim
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KUT News
Flood threat continues Friday as rainfall moves to West Texas
Chelsey Zhu
Zebra mussels are an invasive species that were first identified in the United States in the 1908s and first found in Texas on Lake Texoma in 2009.
Earl Nottingham
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Invasive mussels have reached Texas Panhandle, experts say they could impact water infrastructure
Samantha Larned
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (left) and Texas Tech University Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell (right)
Yfat Yossifor-KERA/Texas Tech University System
Texas Tech chair donated $275K to Ken Paxton day before AG intervened in Brendan Sorsby saga
Kayla Guo
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July 17th, 2026
The KTTZ News Team
Lake Meredith, near Amarillo is a municipal water source for eleven cities, including Lubbock. Last month it was designated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as “fully infested” with invasive zebra mussels. Our Samantha Larned reports the mussels are known to impact infrastructure, such as pipes used for water treatment.
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Lubbock City Council District 4 Runoff Election

Early voting for Lubbock City Council District 4 runs July 20-28.

Election Day is August 1.

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