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After complaints from the public, Lubbock's city council voted to reverse a new ordinance that required hiring a city-approved contractor to repair sewer lines in public right-of-ways like the alley. And after Lubbock's first prairie dog festival, our reporter Olivia O'Rand has more on what these little creatures mean for West Texas' wildlife.

A federal district court in Texas blocked a bill yesterday which would permit local and state law enforcement to arrest people they suspect to have entered Texas illegally. And Olivia O'Rand reports on invasive species in the high plains this National Invasive Species Awareness Week.

The last week in October is International Bat Week. Our reporter Samantha Larned has more on bats migrating through West Texas in search of warmer climates, and what you can do to help these creatures essential to our ecosystem.

A political science professor with McMurry University says that with factors like uncontested races — of which Lubbock had 13 — the Democratic Party in West Texas is in shambles. The future of the region's major industries like oil and gas, may be affected by President-elect Donald Trump’s approach to foreign affairs.

Today is the last day to register for the Garrison Institute on Aging's Alzheimer's Awareness Symposium. Our Samantha Larned says this year’s free event has a focus on the family members acting as caregivers. You can RSVP by calling 806-743-7821 or visiting TTUHSC's website. KERA's Pablo Arauz Peña has more on estimates that Texas’ population reached 30.5 million people this year.

While energy experts say the Texas energy grid is more reliable than three years ago, KERA’s Pablo Arauz Peña reports the grid still faces challenges as providers transition to clean energy sources. Last week, school districts across Lubbock County took part in the seventh annual United we read event to encourage a love of reading in their students.

This election season is taking a bitter toll on couples and families with political differences. But Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla says there are a few things you can do to avoid letting the partisan divide wreck your love life and keep the peace at family gatherings.

Three weeks after a Blue Alert was issued for a man wanted in the shooting of a police chief in Memphis, Texas, Seth Altman was arrested by law enforcement officials in Fort Worth. KERA's Miranda Suarez reports Tarrant County has made its first conviction under the state's new fentanyl overdose murder law, which allows prosecutors to seek murder charges against people who give someone else a fatal dose of fentanyl.

Texas Public Radio's Brian Kirkpatrick reports that Texans should find slightly cheaper gas prices at the pump this Thanksgiving than last. As plans for a Dallas to Houston bullet train move forward, KERA's Pablo Arauz Peña has more on hopes to kickstart another high speed rail line in the state. LISD’s Board of Trustees meeting yesterday saw the presentation of recommended campus consolidations and closures, to be voted on Dec. 4th.

Health and Human Services data shows an encouraging decline in north Texas related to the opioid epidemic. KERA's Marina Trahan Martinez reports that so far this year, local deaths involving fentanyl use are trending down. And Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider says the Texas Senate is looking at how to protect the state’s power grid against worst-case scenarios.