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Travis Bubenik

Marfa

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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  • Trump administration plan to expand military control at Texas-Mexico border could impact public land in Big Bend and South Texas

    6 days ago | marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik

    The Trump administration is expanding an effort to bring the border under military control into Texas, a move that could impact the state’s few stretches of federally-owned border land in Big Bend National Park and a complex of South Texas wildlife refuges.

  • Military deployment underway in Big Bend region could grow to 500 troops in coming weeks

    1 month ago | marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik

    U.S. military officials say troops deployed on a border security mission have arrived in the Big Bend region, with the number of troops set to grow to about 500 in the coming weeks. At a Friday morning press briefing in Alpine, officials with the Army and border agencies said the deployment — part of the Trump administration’s across the Southern border — began on March 13.

  • Presidio County officials say military troops deployed to the border could be housed at local airports

    1 month ago | marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik

    U.S. military troops being deployed soon on a border security mission to the Big Bend region of West Texas could be housed at small municipal airports near Marfa and Presidio, according to local officials in Presidio County. Presidio County Judge Joe Portillo said while the idea is “not etched in stone,” it was discussed by military officials at a planning meeting held in nearby Alpine on March 14.

  • Military deployment planned for Big Bend region as part of border security crackdown

    1 month ago | marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik

    Border authorities said Friday that U.S. military personnel would be deployed to the Big Bend region of West Texas amid ongoing troop deployments across the southwestern border. The personnel will be deployed to Border Patrol stations in Alpine, Van Horn and Presidio to “assist agents with surveillance, intelligence gathering and logistical support,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.

  • Intense winds, blowing dust expected across West Texas on Friday

    1 month ago | marfapublicradio.org | Travis Bubenik

    Forecasters say West Texas is in for another round of intense wind and high fire danger on Friday, conditions that could rival last week’s dust storm that led to widespread travel disruptions. “There’s a good potential for it to be very similar to that event,” said Devin Chehak, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Midland.

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6 Apr 25

RT @PoojaSalhotra: NEW: A second school-aged child has died in Texas from measles. The child was unvaccinated, according to an official at…

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Travis Bubenik @travisbubenik
5 Apr 25

Absolutely incredible blowing-sideways SNOW in Marfa! @NWSMidland https://t.co/UDAP3AC3eq

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Travis Bubenik @travisbubenik
5 Apr 25

RT @NWSMidland: ❄️We expect a change over from rain to snow for parts of southeast New Mexico, the Guadalupe and Davis Mountains, as well a…