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Lonestar Resources Provides Operations Update Following Merger Announcement Lonestar Resources is currently on track to deliver production and financial results at the high end of its guidance for the second quarter, says Frank D. Bracken III, CEO of the Eagle Ford Shale producer set to be acquired by Penn Virginia. Hart Energy Staff Your browser does not support the audio element. Lonestar Resources US Inc., an independent E&P based in Fort Worth, Texas, provided an update on its op...

WATCH: Texas Governor Says Biden Administration Completely Abandoned Enforcing Immigration Laws File Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Big Bend Sector 10 Jul 2021 Texas Governor Greg Abbott met on Saturday with a contingent of Texas sheriffs to discuss their concerns about the current border crisis’s impact on counties within the state. According to Abbott, the necessity of such workshops is caused by the current administration’s abandonment of efforts to enforce immigration laws that were passed b...

A law enforcement source within the Texas DPS informed Breitbart Texas about capacity issues at county jails in southwest Texas.

Illegal Alien Killed by a Swarm of Killer Bees   CARRIZO SPRINGS, TX – On May 25, 2021, United States Border Patrol personnel assigned to the Carrizo Springs, TX Border Patrol Station were notified of a 911 call from a subject who stated she and another individual were attacked by bees.  The caller stated that her travel companion was experiencing an adverse reaction to the bee stings.  Border Patrol Agents responded to the GPS coordinates obtained by the 911 call.  Upon arrival, the age...

Severe weather damages crops, helps drought-impacted areas By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor What a ride Texas weather has taken us on so far in 2021., and it’s only May. Nearly an entire week of wet weather has Texas farmers and ranchers simultaneously feeling thankful and concerned, depending on their location. Rainfall totals ranging from less than an inch to 14 inches were reported as days of downpours, flash floods and severe storms washed across the Lone Star State. Panhandle/South Plai...

Oregon reports 989 new cases, 6 deaths as health officials share ‘not-so-good’ coronavirus update with lawmakers OregonLive.com 2 hrs ago Laura Gunderson, oregonlive.com Oregon health officials announced six new coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday as well as 989 new or presumptive cases, continuing the troubling upward trajectory seen across the state in recent weeks. An hour before the public data release, Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen told a House le...

Houston, We Have a Problem: The Chronicle Misleads on Election Integrity Share To lead off its editorial railing against Senate Bill 7 and efforts to reform—or at least regularize—the rules for voting in Texas, the Houston Chronicle evokes the White Man’s Primary Association of Dimmit County. But like the editorial itself, there’s far less here than meets the eye. It’s true that in tiny Dimmit County in South Texas, white Democrats established white-only primaries and sought other way...

‘I’ve lost count’: Constable says human smuggling chases increasing in Dimmit County Migrants pushed out, others jumped out of moving vehicle in Dimmit County, constable says Tags:  BIG WELLS, Texas – Dimmit County Precinct 3 Constable Robert Balderas says chases involving human smuggling have become common in recent weeks in the area. Balderas said one of the wild and scariest chases he’s even been in, where nine men were pushed or bailed out on their own from a moving vehicle, happ...

Feds Open Two More Unaccompanied Migrant Child Detention Centers in West Texas 6 Apr 2021 Continuing a recent trend, Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the opening of two more Emergency Intake Sites (EIS) to hold unaccompanied children out of Customs and Border Protection custody. The move mirrors recent announcements by HHS to address the surge in unaccompanied child migrants (UACs) at the southern border. New EIS facilities will be located at two existing sites in Dimmit and Pecos Coun...

These Counties Are Projected to Have the Most Extreme Heat in 2050 By Katelyn Leboff, Stacker News On 3/2/21 at 8:00 PM EST Climate change and global warming are nothing new—though, some are still in denial of the existence and negative impacts of these phenomena. Though the media lives for hyping up big weather phenomena, actual scientific research and data reveal the earth is, in fact, heating up at an alarming rate. Much of global warming is the product of greenhouse gas emissions cause...