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Outdoor enthusiast Charles Gandy is out to do the impossible by creating a cross-Texas route to rival the Appalachian and ...

We’re scouting an attempt-it-only-during-drought-conditions alternative route of the 1,550-mile Cross Texas Trail, or XTX, ...

An early-season heat dome is building over the Gulf of Mexico and will bring a week of unusual heat and humidity to southern states, from Texas to Florida, and southward into Mexico and the Caribbean.

A new community proposed by the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC)—the largest mosque in North Texas—has drawn the ire of Texas Republicans, including Governor Greg Abbott, who has repeatedly commented ...

How much rain has Austin received this year? KXAN is keeping track of wildfires. Follow along with the map and database ...

Jesse Hunt, a former top staffer at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, noted that a free-spending Texas Senate primary could have unwelcome spillover effects on the national Senate map.

The first major heat wave of the year is sweeping across a large swath of North America, delivering extreme conditions from Mexico to Canada with the United States — and Texas in particular ...

We’ve created several data-driven stories and databases on topics including weather and climate, politics, education, sports and growth in Texas ... Scroll down for a map of where each homicide ...

There is a high chance for temperatures to be above average for much of the South for the foreseeable future, from Texas northeast through Virginia, according to the six- to 10-day temperature ...

The San Juan Hotel in Texas, a site with a complicated history, is among the most endangered. Other endangered sites include Cedar Key, Florida, and the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in Virginia.