Strangest State: Robbers, Witches, and Sharks
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Strangest State: Hello Possum, Goodbye Fish
Sharing the latest dispatches from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: Eclipses and Flying Snakes
A young teen reporter covers the Ken Paxton impeachment on typewriter, serpents fall from the sky and more dispatches from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: Alligators, Tigers & Hailstorms, Oh My!
Weird weather, unusual attacks on education, and zoo animals keeping cool, in the latest dispatch from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: Ken Paxton and Other Odd Creatures
Impeachments, record-breaking alligator gars, and other rarities from far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: There’s No Place Like … Texas
What's weirder than K-Pax? Not much, but here's a couple of other Lone Star oddities.
Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw
Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.
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The Texas Observer Lives!
After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.
Strangest State: Petty Drama, Electric Trucks and Hungry Bears
Fighting with your ex- in city council chambers? Ursine invaders with a taste for tacos? Just another day in far-flung Texas.
Strangest State: Where the Giant Crayfish Roam
Buffalo on the loose near Big Bend and UFOs spotted around Round Rock? Just another day in far-flung Texas.