https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jayme-lozano-carver/The latest news by Jayme Lozano Carver.enWed, 27 Mar 2024 13:43:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/27/texas-dairy-cows-bird-flu-milk-supply/Federal officials said the nation’s milk supply should be not at risk after a bird flu outbreak hits dairies in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas.By Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 27 Mar 2024 13:43:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/27/texas-dairy-cows-bird-flu-milk-supply/Livestock at a dairy farm on Feb. 19, 2013.Livestock at a dairy farm on Feb. 19, 2013.Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/16/texas-wildfire-containment-smokehouse-creek/A series of deadly wildfires have burned for nearly three weeks, destroying farms and ranches in several counties.By Jayme Lozano CarverSat, 16 Mar 2024 22:13:41 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/16/texas-wildfire-containment-smokehouse-creek/A burned yucca stands in a field after the Smokehouse Creek fire March 3, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas. Firefighters completely contained the fire on Saturday, nearly three weeks after it began.A burned yucca stands in a field after the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/15/texas-wildfires-ranch-cattle-rebuilding/As ranchers recover from the Smokehouse Creek fire, they face the agonizing choice of what to do with an unknown number of injured cattle.By Jayme Lozano CarverFri, 15 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/15/texas-wildfires-ranch-cattle-rebuilding/Cattle stand in the burn scar from the Smokehouse Creek fire on March 3 in Hemphill County.Cattle stand in the burn scar from the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/12/texas-wildfires-cause-investigation-house-committee/The panel of three lawmakers and two residents will also look at disaster preparedness.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 12 Mar 2024 12:19:28 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/12/texas-wildfires-cause-investigation-house-committee/Charred ground left by the Smokehouse Creek fire Sunday, March. 3, 2024, after it burned through Currie Smith’s ranch in Hemphill County.Charred ground left by the Smokehouse Creek fire after the fire burned through Currie Smith’s ranch Sunday, March. 3, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/12/texas-panhandle-wildfires-containment/As crews fight to keep deadly blazes under control, weather conditions could increase risk of more fires.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 12 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/12/texas-panhandle-wildfires-containment/A Chinook helicopter responds to the Roughneck fire near Sanford on March. 3, 2024. Several wildfires have devastated the Panhandle in recent weeks.A Chinook helicopter responds to the Roughneck fire near Sanford on March. 3, 2024.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/07/texas-wildfire-volunteer-firefighters/The wildfires offers a reminder that most of rural Texas is protected by volunteers. And there aren’t many of them.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 07 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/07/texas-wildfire-volunteer-firefighters/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/07/xcel-energy-texas-wildfires/The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to be the largest in state history.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 07 Mar 2024 08:35:04 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/07/xcel-energy-texas-wildfires/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/01/texas-panhandle-wildfire-investigation/As officials try to determine a cause for the wildfires, a Canadian homeowner filed a lawsuit blaming an energy company for the destruction. And more are expected.By Madaleine Rubin, Jayme Lozano Carver and Emily FoxhallFri, 01 Mar 2024 21:35:52 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/01/texas-panhandle-wildfire-investigation/Texas Governor Greg Abbott, center, speaks at a press conference with Nim Kidd chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, left, and Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin, right, Friday, March. 1, 2024, in Borger, Texas.Texas Governor Greg Abbott, center, speaks at a press conference with Nim Kidd chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, left, and Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin, right, Friday, March. 1, 2024, in Borger, Texas.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/01/texas-wildfire-live-updates/Get the latest updates as firefighters continue battling massive fires that have burned more than 1 million acres.By Kate McGee, Jayme Lozano Carver and Madaleine RubinFri, 01 Mar 2024 14:34:43 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/01/texas-wildfire-live-updates/A plane drops retardant on the Roughneck fire near Sanford on Sunday, March. 3, 2024.A plane prepares drops retardant on the Roughneck fire near Sanford on Sunday, March. 3, 2024.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/29/texas-panhandle-wildfires-witnesses/The fires have left at least two people dead and four injured firefighters. Cattle have been lost and homes and businesses decimated in their wake.By Jayme Lozano Carver and Alejandra MartinezThu, 29 Feb 2024 20:41:18 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/29/texas-panhandle-wildfires-witnesses/A car sits in front of the burned Rose Trailer Sales business on Texas Highway 136 on Thursday. Residents have been working to recover from the wildfires devastating parts of the Texas Panhandle.A car sits front of the burned the Rose Trailer Sales business on State Highway 136. Residents have been working to recover from the Tuesday grass fires that devastated parts of the panhandle.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/texas-panhandle-wildfires-evacuations/The five fires have burned more than a million acres — more than double the landmass of Houston — as residents have fled or sheltered in place.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 27 Feb 2024 17:24:13 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/texas-panhandle-wildfires-evacuations/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/texas-rural-housing-vouchers/Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett introduced House Bill 7412 to fix administrative issues that have created hurdles for some in rural communities.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 27 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/27/texas-rural-housing-vouchers/Homes under construction in a future neighborhood Wednesday, April. 26, 2023, near Wolfforth in Lubbock County.Homes under construction in a future neighborhood Wednesday, April. 26, 2023, near Wolfforth in Lubbock County.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/15/lubbock-texas-barbecue-bandidas/With menu items like birria brisket ramen, the Bar-B-Que Bandidas in Lubbock are challenging the norm of Texas barbecue and a male dominated industry.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 15 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/15/lubbock-texas-barbecue-bandidas/From left: Raquel Lopez, Simone See and Jewel Hill, aka las Bar-B-Que Bandidas, at Hill Barbecue in Lubbock on Feb. 9.Raquel Lopez, left, Simone See, center, and Jewel Hill, right, season ribs before putting them on the smoker at Hill Barbecue Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Lubbock, Texas. (Justin Rex for The Texas Tribune)Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/14/lubbock-texas-open-electricity-market/Years in the making, the transition from a municipal electric company to an open market has left some residents unsure.By Jayme Lozano CarverWed, 14 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/14/lubbock-texas-open-electricity-market/A Lubbock Power & Light electrical substation on July 14, 2022.A Lubbock Power & Light electrical substation on July 14, 2022.Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/lubbock-texas-decriminalize-marijuana-ken-paxton/The Texas attorney general has sued five other cities that have passed similar policies decriminalizing marijuana.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 08 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/lubbock-texas-decriminalize-marijuana-ken-paxton/Last September, Nathan Lewis gathered signatures on a petition to decriminalize marijuana from Andrew Alcala, center, and Yvette Castillo, right, in Lubbock.Nathan Lewis gets signatures on a petition to to legalize marijuana from Andrew Alcala, center, and Yvette Castillo, right, at the South Plains Fair Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lubbock, Texas.Justin Rex for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/amarillo-abortion-travel-ban/After months of consideration from the Amarillo City Council, an abortion travel ban is gaining support through a new citizen-led petition.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 18 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/amarillo-abortion-travel-ban/Anti-abortion supporters listen as members of the Amarillo City Council meet to consider a so-called abortion travel ban during a work session Dec. 19. The council has debated the issue since October.Anti-abortion supporters listen as members of the Amarillo City Council meet to consider a so-called abortion travel ban during a work session Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Amarillo. The council has debated the issue since October.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/11/texas-panhandle-childcare-desert-friona/The Amarillo Area Foundation is funding new day care facilities in Friona and Claude after the towns found that a shortage of child care is making it harder to fill job openings.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 11 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/11/texas-panhandle-childcare-desert-friona/Mariza Licerio, director of Happy Tribe Academy, puts one of her daycare kids in a seat to eat lunch Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Friona.Mariza Licerio, Director of Happy Tribe Academy daycare, puts one of her daycare kids in a seat to eat lunch Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Friona. Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/21/hispanic-farmers-texas/According to the most recent census, Texas has fewer than 26,000 Hispanic farmers compared to 236,000 white farmers.By Jayme Lozano CarverThu, 21 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/21/hispanic-farmers-texas/Arnaldo Serrato, left, and his daughter Yuleida Serrato look over a failed cotton field that they had to plow because it was too dry. The Serrato family own and run their multi-generational family farm in and around Floydada. Arnaldo Serrato, his wife and father came to the United States, where they and their American born children have created a successful agricultural business.From left, Amaldo Serrato and his daughter, Yuleida Serrato look over a failed dry-land cotton field that they had to plow under because it was too dry. The Serrato family own and run their multigenerational family farm in and around Floydada. Amado Serrato, his wife and father came to the United States, where they and their American born kids have created a successful agricultural business.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/19/amarillo-texas-abortion-travel-ban-vote/After weeks of debate, the council took no action at a politically-charged meeting Tuesday. It is the largest city in Texas to debate an ordinance that would outlaw travel on its roadways to get an abortion.By Jayme Lozano CarverTue, 19 Dec 2023 18:57:34 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/19/amarillo-texas-abortion-travel-ban-vote/Members of the Amarillo City Council meet to consider a so-called abortion travel ban during a work session at the Amarillo Civic Center Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Amarillo. The council has debated the issue since October.Members of the Amarillo City Council meet to consider banning travel to access abortion services during a work session Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Amarillo.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/18/levelland-texas-downtown-theater/Rural Texas towns like Levelland on the South Plains are increasingly turning to the arts to help revitalize their downtowns and provide more attractions for families.By Jayme Lozano CarverMon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/18/levelland-texas-downtown-theater/Workers remove a plywood covering on the front of the Wallace Theater in Levelland on Dec. 5th, 2023. The historic theater, which has been vacant since the 1980s, is now under restoration and is expected to reopen in 2024.Workers remove a plywood covering on the front of the Wallace Theater in Levelland on Dec. 5th, 2023. The historic theater, which has been vacant since the 1980s, is now under restoration and is expected to reopen by Dec. 2024.Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune