Travis Bubenik
Big Bend Reporter at KRTP (Alpine, TX)
Host at All Things Considered
News Director @MarfaRadio. Formerly @CourthouseNews and @HoustonPubMedia. Tips/holler: [email protected]
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1 day ago |
marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik
An arts organization partly based in Marfa has settled its lawsuit against Kim Kardashian over claims the reality TV star promoted knockoff versions of the late artist Donald Judd’s minimalist tables and chairs. The Judd Foundation reached the settlement deal with Kardashian and Los Angeles-based design firm Clements Design last month, according to court records. Clements was accused of copying Judd’s designs when it built furniture for Kardashian’s skincare company office.
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2 days ago |
texasstandard.org | Travis Bubenik |Mose Buchele |Brad Burt |Lucio Vasquez
After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has just wrapped up its 89th session. This year, state lawmakers passed over 1,200 bills. Among them were several important pieces of legislation focused on energy and the environment. Barring a veto from Gov. Greg Abbott, these will soon become law in Texas. Here’s a breakdown of some of those measures. Abbott opened this year’s legislative session by naming water as one of his top priorities.
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3 days ago |
radio.kttz.org | Travis Bubenik
Texas lawmakers have approved a ban on certain types of outdoor chemical storage facilities being located close to homes, a response to an Odessa-area industrial fire nearly a year ago that allegedly filled a neighborhood with "black sludge."State Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) proposed the ban after the massive fire in July 2024 at Permian Basin Containers, a facility where a mix of oil industry-related chemicals and liquids were stored in stacked piles of large plastic tubs.
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3 days ago |
marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik
Texas lawmakers have approved a ban on certain types of outdoor chemical storage facilities being located close to homes, a response to an Odessa-area industrial fire nearly a year ago that allegedly filled a neighborhood with “black sludge.”State Rep. Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) proposed the ban after the massive fire in July 2024 at Permian Basin Containers, a facility where a mix of oil industry-related chemicals and liquids were stored in stacked piles of large plastic tubs.
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2 weeks ago |
marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik
State and local officials on Thursday confirmed a measles case in Brewster County, the first to appear in the Big Bend region since a measles outbreak began earlier this year in West Texas near the New Mexico border.
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Super interesting detail from James King on his real estate firm's involvement in this deal: "We learned about it the day after it went on the market, and our family put it under contract immediately." https://t.co/SlwvyUBx0X
Marfa has a new locally owned shipping and receiving store called, simply, Boxes. The ultimate manifestation of Judd's vision for minimalist art, perhaps? https://t.co/qjSyCHwojE
