The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...

Lubbock, on the southern reaches of the Texas Great Plains, is more than cowboys and caprock. With several wineries, ... Not far away in the Lubbock City Cemetery is his gravesite.

IN 1916 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, who was then living in Canyon, wrote a friend back East about the beauty of the sky in that vast, open country: “The whole sky—and there is so much of it out here ...

Texas' wide open spaces might be more associated with farmland, but its nature is still impressive even in spaces close to major cities. In fact, Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge is ...

Many cities in great Plains states are building and moving on from the Great Recession. ... Texas. Add Topic. Agriculture, energy fuel growth in Great Plains cities. Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY.

Living Through Texas’ Hottest Summer The high in Dallas has been at least 100 degrees for 11 days this month, with no relief in sight. Here's how one New England transplant is surviving.

Buoyed by strong agriculture and energy sectors, combined with unemployment well below the national average, cities in the Great Plains region from the Dakotas to Texas are dreaming big on ...