
Terry Funk Brought Texas Everywhere He Wrestled
Over half a century in professional wrestling, Terry Funk built a legacy that stretches from Amarillo to Tokyo.
Over half a century in professional wrestling, Terry Funk built a legacy that stretches from Amarillo to Tokyo.
Frankfurter season is here and what better way to indulge than with Mexican regional variations on the dish, which are often wrapped in bacon and topped with carne asada.
As the flood waters rose in typically dry Amarillo, folks raced to fill up sandbags to protect Tyler's Barbeque from destruction.
A deep dive into a track from the guitarist’s latest album, ‘The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored.’
Coming up on the docket of Matthew Kacsmaryk, the Amarillo judge: cases involving ESG investing, press freedoms, and workplace harassment.
The unprecedented move means that access to abortion across the country could, in some ways, be restricted like it is in Texas.
Matthew Kacsmaryk cut his teeth at First Liberty Institute, a “religious liberty” law firm with Texas roots—and a growing national reach.
A mysterious group with a Tennessee mailing address has filed a suit in the Panhandle city—guaranteeing it would be heard by Matthew Kacsmaryk, a longtime religious-right activist.
With WWE in San Antonio for the Royal Rumble, we look at the history of a particularly Texan contribution to the world of scripted combat.
The lieutenant governor’s rural bus tour looks more like an extended vacation than a reelection bid.
Far in the Panhandle, an upstart ag program at a small-town school has become a start-up business run by the students.
Barre Wheatley leads an ambitious program that encourages students to shoot for the moon.
An Amarillo man is unhappy that the iconic banners no longer fly in front of the Texas Travel Information Centers.
Fifty years ago, a minor league game in Midland was postponed for the rarest of reasons—a swarm of grasshoppers biblical in its proportions.
On opposite sides of the street and the aisle, these coexisting cafes represent a lot more than just a good cup of joe to their customers.
Amarillo may be famous for its steak-eating contest, but Yellow City Street Food is drawing hype for tacos stuffed with mushrooms and seitan.
Is that you, Buc-ee?
Joe Nocera’s pitched profile of then-little-known T. Boone Pickens got him unprecedented access to Pickens’s 1982 attempt to take over Cities Service.
The multigenerational ranch’s Midland Meat Company sells its famous Wagyu-Angus-Hereford crossbred beef directly to consumers.
Seeking to make a refreshing cocktail, Amarillo bartender Tiffany Reagan turned to an unorthodox ingredient growing in her garden.
With a creative scene that includes the classic Cadillac Ranch and vibrant downtown murals, this Panhandle city, home to a new boutique hotel, invites you to stay and enjoy the scenery.
Bakers are leaning into their dark sides to build spooktacular creations ahead of October 31.
The multifaceted musician, former city-council candidate, and documentary star returns with an album of pristine guitar and gentle self-reflection.
The Amarillo-based chain sells iced tea, and (almost) only iced tea. But it's in HTeaO's simplicity that we find its brilliance.
These cashew-based quesos held up to my memories of their cheesy predecessors.
Tyler Frazer has been going out of his way for ’cue since fourth grade, and that longtime love of the craft is evident at his welcoming Amarillo joint.
We salute the Sugar Land Lightning Sloths, the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and their compatriots.
His family plans to keep his barbecue joint-slash-convenience store open. Plus, restaurant owners reflect on a year of pandemic barbecue.
The then-24-year-old musician’s campaign started as satire and grew into a rare opportunity to change the conversation around local politics.
Across Texas, Santa is staying jolly this year with contact-free visits, drive-through light displays, and more pandemic-proof festivities.
After complaints, the owner says he’s not changing the name or logo.
Finally, a scientific means of determining whether Austin, Houston, Dallas, or Waco could hold out the longest against an army of bloodsuckers.
One of the most anticipated lists in Texas politics will be publicly deliberated for the first time.
The move by the lieutenant governor comes amid escalating tensions with Amarillo Republican senator Kel Seliger.
Growing conservative frustration in the Panhandle.
What Skip Hollandsworth learned writing this month’s cover story.
Welcome to the golden age of Texas barbecue.
Hayden Pedigo's 'Greetings from Amarillo'
Just like Texas, Route 66 is a state of mind. Here’s where the mythologies intersect.
George Saunders explains how writing about Trump voters and writing a novel required the same skill: understanding people you don’t agree with.
The best sights, bites, and experiences from my travels around the state this year.
They have fled war-torn countries, given up livelihoods, and left behind possessions and family for the safety of a foreign world of cowboy hats and Walmarts. But the refugees who land in Amarillo’s Astoria Park have an ally who understands their confusion and loss: a 64-year-old former teacher named Miss
Get out and about in this fine state of ours to enjoy famous authors, historic photographs, Lone Star films, fancy barbecue, and more.
Mapping the state’s meatiest routes.
And the apps to download before you go.
Al Pastor, El TejavanType: Classic MexicanRating: 4.75Price: $8.99/platterHere in cattle country, it’s beef—not pork—that’s cooked al pastor. The well-marinated steak is elevated by simple cilantro, onions, and freshly made corn tortillas; there’s also chunky guacamole, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and salsa served on the side for you to create your own
The state's top offerings, from a West Texas troubadour's homecoming to craft brewing at its best.
Big Tex will be back. Sadly, we cannot the say same of Larry Hagman, Darrell Royal, Amarillo Slim, Leslie, and the many other Texans we lost in 2012.
Thomas Austin Preston, Jr.—a.k.a. Amarillo Slim—has cut cards with LBJ and hustled all manner of sharpies at pool and Ping-Pong. But at 74, his greatest success continues to be at the poker table, as my $100 and I found out.
Amarillo is a city where conformity counts, so the death of a punk at the hands of a football player had more than a little symbolic significance there. So did the jury’s decision to keep the killer from going to jail.