Locals and elected leaders from both parties across far West Texas are condemning the Department of Homeland Security’s newly ...

Sam Karas wrote on Feb. 18 about those plans.

Park conservation advocates are raising concerns this week after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have signaled intent to waive environmental ...

Landowners and tourists, nature lovers and hunters, Democrats and Republicans speak out against plans to extend the border wall through Big Bend.

Following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, the federal government allocated $46.5 billion for ...

This week, the Trump Administration is drawing a lot of attention in Texas over plans to possibly build a border wall through ...

Reporter Sam Karas of The Big Bend Sentinel called into KXAN News at noon on Feb. 27, 2026 to discuss her reporting on a ...

Some state lawmakers oppose the proposed border wall through Big Bend National Park, urging Governor Abbott to halt the ...

Building a border wall through Big Bend National Park would choke off vital wildlife migration routes, intensify flooding ...

Federal documents show that the Department of Homeland Security signed waivers for 28 environmental laws to expedite construction of a Smart Wall within one of America's wildest national parks.

Virtually no one, it seems, thinks a physical barrier in the region is a good idea. The Trump administration is rushing to ...

The project would bring steel barriers to parts of Big Bend's river corridor.