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Saturday's opening game for the Red Raiders will feature a performance from multiple generations of Tech’s Goin’ Band. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on the band's centennial celebration. CitiBus has announced the return of the Park N Ride Gameday Express at Texas Tech football games this season, offering roundtrip service to and from Jones AT&T Stadium for $6 per person. Passes are purchasable through the GoPass App. The Gameday Express will begin three hours before kickoff and continue until one hour following the end of the game.

With reports of bird flu in Lubbock, our Bishop Van Buren reports on a warning from the City of Lubbock asking residents to avoid handling sick or dead birds. Those who find sick or dead birds to report them to Lubbock Animal Service by calling 806-775-2057. Tonight at 6 P.M. is the deadline for candidates to file to run in Texas’ March 2026 primary elections. And after the Supreme Court ruled the state can use its 2025 redistricting map for the congressional midterms, Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports Democrats are frustrated but hopeful.

The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1. Hollywood writers are striking against the major studios. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Supreme Court ethics.

Our News Director Sarah Self-Walbrick reports that a new Lubbock spot has been named one of the best breweries in the U.S. KERA's Christopher Connelly tells us how payday and auto title loans have drained $1.6 billion dollars a year from the Texas economy over the last ten years.

We have a recap of the week in sports.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic to preview the College Football Playoff and upcoming bowl season games.

Alfredo not only pairs Freddie Gibbs' top-tier lyricism and The Alchemist's gritty rhythms but also engages a hip-hop tradition going back decades.

Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer about their Netflix documentary The Great Hack.

Morgan Neville's moving documentary about Fred Rogers and Netflix's stand-up special starring Australian comic Hannah Gadsby both refuse to play along with established genre conventions.