In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground — where oil, salt, and toxic ...

As the 89th Texas legislative session kicks off ... often dissolve or go bankrupt before they do, leaving the Railroad Commission to pick up the tab. And that tab is growing.

Autopsy shows death of the driver who crashed into a Deer Park pipeline was ruled a suicide because of his past mental health ...

In 1984, while Ronald Reagan was securing a landslide reelection and Apple introduced the Macintosh, the Railroad Commission ...

A Texas police union jokingly called out a “tattling” driver who captured video of police officers doing donuts in a snow-covered parking lot — but the banter soon went “off the rails.” ...

The Texas Railroad Commission approved McBride Operating Disposal Well's permits to construct a stationary treatment facility in Elysian Fields and Paxton Tuesday. The company operates a similar ...

The law enforcement leader attempted to put community members at ease after the school district 'proactively' released a ...

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited. Audio recording is automated for ...

Following a Texas Ranger investigation, Jacksboro’s police chief and two officers are back on the job after being placed on ...

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