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Temperatures across the state should rise into the 70s by next week.

With cold weather arriving today across the region, ERCOT expects grid conditions to be normal. Lubbock's mayor signed a purchasing agreement last week, securing 85% of the land needed for Lake 7. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren has more on the project moving forward. On Friday night, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Texas-New Mexico border. Quakes have become more common in the region in recent years.

Experts were skeptical of a report from the Texas grid operator showing the state could run short of power by 2026.

After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Central Texas.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and community service efforts are planned in Lubbock to honor the hero of the American Civil Rights movement. Click for more on local events around the city.Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider reports on Texas' involvement in a brief backing Louisiana’s Ten Commandments mandate for public school classrooms. And ERCOT expects normal grid conditions as another arctic blast moves into Texas.

Yesterday, Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference on what to expect in predicted upcoming severely cold temperatures. And the Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey has more on potential government action to decrease screen time for minors.

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.

Energy experts say Texas' grid is more reliable than it was three years ago — when a massive winter storm knocked out power to millions. But there are still challenges.

The Southern Spirit Transmission project would allow limited energy to flow between the Texas grid and neighboring grids.

This weekend, over 80 thousand Lubbock Power and Light customers will make the transition to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Grid. The…