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Katherine Wells, Lubbock Health Department's director, looks through a vaccine log on March 17. Wells and her staff are working to stem the measles outbreak in the Lubbock area as well as throughout Texas.
Mark Rogers
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The Texas Tribune
Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust
Jayme Lozano Carver
Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.
While various types of voucher plans have been proposed in states across the country in recent years, the issue has always proved controversial among voters, particularly in rural areas. In West Texas, voters are still considering the costs and benefits of ESAs and whether their legislators are listening.
Brad Burt
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KTTZ
In rural Texas, some voters are hesitant about school vouchers. Are their lawmakers listening?
Brad Burt
Lubbock Public Clinic, Feb. 26, 2025.
Olivia O'Rand
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KTTZ
Lubbock health official says federal funding cuts will hurt efforts to contain measles outbreak
Terri Langford
Monterey High School’s Aaliyah Chavez, ESPN’s No. 1 women’s basketball recruit for the class of 2025, stands with her family on stage while being interviewed by ESPN after announcing her commitment to the University of Oklahoma, Friday, March 22, 2024, in Lubbock, Texas
Bishop Van Buren
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KTTZ
Lubbock hoops star Aaliyah Chavez commits to Oklahoma
Bishop Van Buren
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April 3rd, 2025
The KTTZ News Team
Yesterday, the Texas House passed a set of bills as part of the state's response to last year's panhandle wildfires, designed to improve emergency response and fire prevention. As spring starts with the hope of April showers in Lubbock, the city has issued its seasonal watering guidelines. Our Samantha Larned explains that residents are asked not to irrigate between 10 A.M. and 6 P.M. and are assigned two days a week.
Text reading 'West Texas Measles Outbreak' overlayed on an image of Lubbock Public Health officials administering vaccines to individuals.
KTTZ
Updates: confirmed measles cases, hospitalizations in West Texas
Samantha Larned
Updated data and information from public health officials on confirmed measles cases in the region.
Flatland Cavalry members talk about their return to Lubbock with reporter Bishop Van Buren. Taken on November 3, 2024.
KTTZ
Flatland Cavalry sits down with KTTZ
Bishop Van Buren
Our reporter Bishop Van Buren interviews Flatland Cavalry, a band that began in Lubbock and returned to the Hub City last week after releasing their new single: "Lubbock."