KUT News has named award-winning journalist and longtime managing editor Ben Philpott as the new local host of NPR’s Morning Edition. Philpott, a KUT News journalist since 2002 and former political reporter, succeeds Jennifer Stayton, who has hosted the program for 22 years.
Month: September 2026
Despite his death, the band will play at ACL Live this weekend. The band said it was one of his “favorite venues and in a city that had been something of a second home for him.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said Monday he was “pausing all construction activity” in the West Texas park ahead of a visit to the region this week. Scott’s visit comes after two weeks of public outcry over images of bulldozers and other heavy machinery clearing land in the park.