By Avery Mendoza As Lubbock’s mayoral campaign season is in full swing, Tech The Vote hosted a forum on Wednesday, April 3, for students and citizens to hear from five candidates at the Texas Tech Law School’s Lanier Auditorium. Candidates Adam Hernandez, Steve Massengale, Mark McBrayer, Antonio Renteria and Stephen Sanders answered questions from a […]
First grid customers added to ERCOT as retail window nears close
January 19, 2024 by
By Reece Nations Customers of Lubbock Power & Light are running out of time to choose an electric utility provider before the retail shopping period elapses. On Feb. 15, customers’ shopping window and ability to personally choose their electrical provider will end. Customers who have not selected a provider within the allotted shopping period, which […]
LP&L ‘cutover event’ to temporarily leave thousands powerless
November 17, 2023 by
By Reece Nations If harsh enough winter weather descends by the time Lubbock Power & Light starts its grid switchover, the process could stall and delay city council’s certification. Some meteorologists are forecasting a cooler and wetter winter due to a strong El Niño expected to progress through the Northern Hemisphere until spring, according to […]
Freedom Act Lubbock puff puff passes marijuana petition to city hall
October 11, 2023 by
By Maddy Vidales Residents sparked a petition in August about Lubbock’s current marijuana laws. Freedom Act Lubbock, initiated by Lubbock Compact, seeks to pass a petition to decriminalize the personal use of marijuana in Lubbock. “The heart of the ordinance is just to keep people out of jail,” Lubbock Compact Communications Chair Adam Hernandez said. […]
Reduce, reuse, reload: As Texas Tech Recycling Plant ceases operations, new solutions emerge
September 15, 2020 by
By Reece Nations LUBBOCK – Once a bustling hub of activity committed to sustainability practices, Texas Tech’s on-campus center for recycling is now indefinitely closed. When the recycling plant shuttered its operations over the summer as a cost-cutting procedure, many patrons assumed it would only be temporary. Sean Duggan, managing director of University Student Housing, said […]
Gateway game plan: city officials tout success of street projects fund
April 9, 2020 by
By Reece Nations, Managing Editor Surrounded by what was once innocuous farmland, Lubbock’s Milwaukee Avenue is now a bastion of local commerce. Development in this region was spurred by the Gateway Street Projects Fund, which was first implemented by the Lubbock City Council in February 2004. The fund, conceived by former council member Tom Martin, designated around 40 percent of franchise fees collected from utility companies to use public right-of-way to develop roads […]
A Chief for Everyone: Floyd Mitchell to Lead Lubbock Police Department
December 5, 2019 by
By Josh Bray After 27 years in the department and a tenure of four years as chief for Lubbock Police Department, Greg Stevens has moved to Rockport, Texas, a small town along the coast where his role as chief has went from supervising 600 employees to 30. Stevens said he would characterize his move not […]
Hub City Disc Golfers: How a Hobby Helps a Habitat
December 3, 2019 by
By Reece Nations When out for a stroll at a local park, Lubbock residents might notice distinctive metal baskets adorned with layers of chains sitting atop pedestals in the ground scattered around. These contraptions are used for disc golf, one of the country’s fastest-growing recreational sports. Often played on nine or 18-hole courses, the object […]
Rodeo Recap: Officials Say County Expo Center Construction on Track, ABC Rodeo to Return to Lubbock in 2022
October 30, 2019 by
For the first time in its 78-year history, the American Business Club Pro Rodeo will be hosted outside Lubbock this spring. From April 2 through April 4, the 2020 ABC Pro Rodeo will convene its festivities in the Mallet Event Center in Levelland and will likely be forced to do so again in spring 2021. […]
Why the dome is doomed: municipal coliseum, auditorium to be demolished
October 30, 2018 by
A state-of-the-art facility when opened in 1956, the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum and Auditorium has featured concerts, sporting events and Broadway productions; however, the final curtain call is near. While Lubbock residents have decided it has served its purpose after voting to abandon the facilities, an emotional connection to the coliseum and auditorium is too strong for some to part with. Proposition A signaled […]
