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Willie Nelson to Hold Benefit Concert For West, Texas
He repurposed his upcoming show at the Backyard, in Austin, to be a fundraiser for the town recently devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion.
April 19, 2013 | by Andy Langer | West, Texas
West's One Remaining Florist Struggling to Keep Up With the Funerals
West, Texas, has two florists, but the fertilizer plant explosions forced one to temporarily shut down its business. That left Divine Designs responsible for creating sympathy arrangements for six funerals in one week.
April 27, 2013 | by Katy Vine | West, Texas
Getting Back to Normal
The West High School football team opened their 2013 football season Thursday night, another step for the town in moving past the devastating fertilizer plant explosion.
August 30, 2013 | by Jeff Beckham | West, Texas
The Line of Fire
When flames erupted at the West Fertilizer Company plant, the members of the local volunteer fire department pulled on their bunker gear and jumped in their trucks, just like they always do.
August 20, 2013 | by Katy Vine | West, TX
Climb Every Mountain
Whether you want to ride a horse, bomb down a mountain-bike trail, hike up a hill, relax in a hot springs, scale the face of a giant granite boulder, or just sit on your tailgate and look at a pretty sunset, there’s a lot to do on and around the peaks of West Texas. So strap on your pack and go!
October 1, 2009 | by Charlie Llewellin | West Texas
West
February 1, 2007 | by Jeff McCord | Music Review
All Eyes Are On West, Texas, After Fertilizer Plant Explosion
The farming town and Czech community just north of Waco, known around the state for its kolaches, reels from last nights catastrophic fire and explosion, which left countless people injured and an unknown number dead.
April 18, 2013 | by Jason Cohen | West Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Access Denied
Why the closing of a footbridge to Mexico is bad for Candelaria.
October 1, 2008 | by Katy Vine | Letter From West Texas
River Deep, Mountain High
There are any number of fun, adventurous, and unexpected things to do in the Big Bend region of far West Texas. Here are fifteen of my favorites, including scuba diving in Balmorhea, gliding over Marfa, drinking a microbrew in Alpine, horseback riding in Fort Davis, and floating through the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande.
October 1, 2007 | by Suzy Banks | Far West Texas
West Is West
How great is Walter Prescott Webb? I had no idea.
July 1, 1999 | by Gregory Curtis | Behind the Lines

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