Big Bend

Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas says local leaders, landowners and park advocates should have a chance to weigh in before additional construction moves forward.

The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas spoke out against the Trump administration's Big Bend area border wall plans this week while campaigning in West Texas, calling the wall a "monument to corruption."

Repairs to vital infrastructure were abruptly put on hold with little explanation, impacting the park's most popular area.

Since news first surfaced late last year that border walls could be built for the first time in the Big Bend region of West Texas, the story has been marked by shifting, unannounced changes and few clearly communicated details from the Trump administration.

Border walls and new surveillance technology could be coming to the greater Big Bend region and the rest of Texas’ southern border as part of a sweeping “Smart Wall” plan announced by the Trump administration this month.

The state of Texas purchased a massive Brewster County ranch near Big Bend National Park in November for $81 million less than the land was originally listed for sale, according to records obtained by Marfa Public Radio.

In the Big Bend area town of Alpine, recovery efforts are underway after a fire last month destroyed a historic building in a central part of town popular with locals and tourists alike.

As many as 600 acres of Big Bend National Park have been affected by a wildfire that firefighters are still battling in West Texas.

A group is working to save a building in Ruidosa that is a remnant of an era when the town was a substantial settlement in the Big Bend area.

Experts say fossil remains discovered in the 1980s at a park in southwest Texas have been identified as a new genus and species of duckbilled…

It’s time to blow out the candles. Big Bend National Park — home to 800,000 acres of sweeping Chihuahuan desert landscapes, imposing mountains, wiry...

The National Park Service celebrated 100 years of preserving America’s most diverse landscapes in 2016. Texas is home to 16 designated sites, including…