Sports
August 30, 2013
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.
West Explosion
Politics & Policy
July 15, 2013
Helping Hands Off
Why Republicans were wrong to be outraged when FEMA denied disaster aid to West.
Business
June 28, 2013
Texas Business Report: West Foot Forward
The city of West filed a lawsuit against the fertilizer plant that exploded there in April, Neiman Marcus plans to go public, Rick Santorum's Christian movie career, and more.
The Culture
April 27, 2013
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.
Politics & Policy
April 24, 2013
Perry’s Response to West
Gov. Rick Perry said Monday that spending more state money on inspections would not have prevented the deadly explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant that was last investigated by Texas environmental regulators in 2006. Excuse me for asking, but … how would Perry know? You
Music
April 19, 2013
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.
Politics & Policy
April 18, 2013
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.