{"id":282884,"date":"2026-05-07T14:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/282884\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:24:06","slug":"today-on-texas-standard-valley-fever-cases-are-rising-in-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/282884\/","title":{"rendered":"Today on Texas Standard: Valley Fever cases are rising in West\u00a0Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s coming up on Texas Standard for Thursday, May 7, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasstandard.org\/listen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen<\/a> on your Texas public radio station, or ask your smart speaker to play Texas Standard. Check back later today for updated story links and audio.<\/p>\n<p>Flood warnings ignored for years before Hill Country disaster, report finds<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A new Texas Tribune investigation traces decades of failed flood-safety legislation in the Hill Country, even as lawmakers knew the risks along the Guadalupe River corridor. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Emily Foxhall joins the Standard to talk through what changed after last summer\u2019s deadly floods, protections that never made it into law, and how Texas compares with other flood-prone states.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Bliss data center project could reshape West Texas power and water use<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Army is planning a massive new data center complex at Fort Bliss as Texas continues to attract energy-hungry tech infrastructure projects. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">El Paso Matters reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers joins the Standard to discuss concerns over electricity\u00a0demand,\u00a0water use and how a wave of AI and cloud-computing projects could transform West Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Texas prison overdose deaths surge as contraband pours inside facilities<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Drug overdose deaths inside Texas prisons have exploded over the last several years, according to state officials. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">KERA News\u2019 Toluwani\u00a0Osibamowo\u00a0reports on the rise in contraband drugs inside\u00a0correctional facilities \u2014 and the growing dangers facing incarcerated Texans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Minds on Trial\u2019 goes inside a rare Texas mental health courtroom<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The latest installment of mental health podcast \u201cMinds on Trial\u201d takes listeners inside an Assisted Outpatient Treatment courtroom \u2014 a rarely-heard part of Texas\u2019 mental health system. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">KACU\u2019s Josiah Wonnell reports on the judges, clinicians and families trying a different approach to mental health crises. <\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s next chip suppliers could have a Texas connection<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Apple is\u00a0reportedly considering\u00a0sourcing more chips from Samsung and Intel as it looks to strengthen its supply chain and expand U.S.-based manufacturing. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Omar Gallaga joins the Standard with more on the possible Texas connection, and what it could mean for future Apple products.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oil theft is getting bigger,\u00a0riskier\u00a0and more organized in Texas<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As oil prices climb, so does crude oil theft across the Texas oil patch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Texas Public Radio\u2019s David Martin Davies reports on how what was once known as \u201coil rustling\u201d has evolved into a sophisticated and dangerous criminal enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Valley Fever cases are rising in West\u00a0Texas,\u00a0researchers say<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A new UTEP study links a rise in Valley Fever cases in El Paso to extreme dust and wind events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Researcher Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia joins the Standard to explain the illness, why cases are increasing and what Texans in dry regions should know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what\u2019s coming up on Texas Standard for Thursday, May 7, 2026. 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