Rural Newsrooms at the Frontlines of the Big Bend Wall

The Trump administration plans to build over 100 miles of steel border wall through the Big Bend region in West Texas, waiving environmental protections. Local journalists, including Sam Karas of The Big Bend Sentinel, uncovered details about the project through contract filings and resident reports, becoming a critical source of information for the rural community. The article highlights challenges in rural Texas news access, with many counties lacking local newspapers.