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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Jimmy Soper and Alex Aleardi each had two goals and an assist and Adam Carlson made 53 saves but the Rapid City Rush dropped a wild, back-and-forth game to the Idaho Steelheads in overtime by a score of 7-6 on Saturday night at The Monument Ice Arena. Idaho struck first in […]

As the elder Maines Brothers Band faded by 1970, the “little” Maines brothers — now the “new” Maines Brothers Band — began a steady rise in popularity in Lubbock and surrounding areas

The origin of the seed of talent that spread through the musical Maines family is unknown, but for nine decades, generations of West Texans have enjoyed music spawned by that elusive spark.

William Curry Holden thought like an entrepreneur.

He was born in 1935 in Crosbyton, Texas, population 1,500, but young Donald Rogers Maynard rarely stayed anywhere long.

Clifford Bartlett Jones was born on April 9, 1885, in Rico, Colorado. He died on Nov. 27, 1972. Between his birth and death, he earned the nickname “West Texas No. 1 Citizen”.

George C. Wolffarth, born in Van Zandt County, Texas, in 1866, was one of the earliest and most prominent settlers of Lubbock County.

By 1964, The Velvets had recorded about 30 songs, some blending rockabilly sounds with doo-wop and R&B.

A quintet of Odessa youngsters made music history in the early 1960s, rising to the top of pop charts, then fading into the sunset, largely due to racial stereotyping of the era.

At a public opening event, Joslyn Art Museum unveiled five new contemporary acquisitions by American artists Rashid Johnson, Therman Statom, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, and Kehinde ...