Local and state crews are on alert as high winds, low humidity, warm temps and dry conditions combine to create an elevated fire risk across West Texas.

Martin County was rocked Friday afternoon by a 4.8 earthquake, which were felt in New Mexico and Lubbock. Here's what we know.

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Feb. 26 that Texas health officials confirmed the first death due to the measles outbreak.

State and local health officials are urging individuals to receive MMR vaccine as Texas reaches 124 cases this week. Here is what we know.

Measles is a respiratory virus that can survive in the air for up to two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The first death has been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak affecting the South Plains and Panhandle regions of Texas and Lea County, New Mexico.

Texas reported 13 new cases of measles Tuesday even as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a team of epidemiologists and doctors to help the state with the growing outbreak.

The number of confirmed measles cases in western Texas grew to 146, and it is possibly spreading to the central part of the state and neighboring New Mexico, health officials said Friday.

Two separate outbreaks of measles in the U.S. Southwest have now accounted for nearly 100 confirmed cases and hospitalized 16 people.

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