Texas is bracing for a relentless and potentially historic heat wave this week, with dangerously high temperatures expected statewide.

See 7-day forecast maps Texas is expected to get miserably hot ... while residents in the Dumas area may be the luckiest Texans this week, with highs topping out around 84 degrees on Wednesday ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 69% chance of precipitation. Winds from ESE to E at 14 to 15 mph (22.5 to 24.1 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F (8.9 °C). Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 ...

The trial in El Paso will hear a challenge over the redistricting maps drawn by the Legislature that are based on the 2020 ...

Maps based on the 2020 census designating districts within Texas for state and congressional offices are the focus of a discrimination case that is being heard in federal court. Credit ...

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Dumas Independent School District contains 9 schools and 4,192 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 90%. Also, 52.1% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A massive fire tore through a vacant ... Inn on East Freeway near Sheldon Road. Firefighter Brandi Dumas with the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said a firefighter ...

AUSTIN — The Texas Panhandle dominated the 3,200-meter ... Canyon's Lathan Lewter and Dumas' Emily Gross both won the event in Class 4A, while Randall's Brooke French was the runner-up to ...