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A toilet isn’t supposed to make noise after it’s flushed. When you hear bubbling, gurgling, or a hollow glugging sound, that’s not personality. It’s pressure. And pressure inside a plumbing system usually means something is no longer flowing the way it should. In many...

When your home has no heat in the middle of winter, it’s more than uncomfortable. It’s urgent. Lubbock winters may not be brutal every day, but when temperatures drop, a heating system failure can turn serious fast. If your furnace or heat pump isn’t producing heat,...

The last three weeks of December decide whether many Lubbock businesses begin January by counting profits or calculating losses. Holiday shoppers pour into boutiques, restaurant tables turn faster than fry baskets, and year-end projects keep office lights glowing long...

The week before Thanksgiving is when kitchens fire up early, guest rooms fill, and grocery lists eclipse term papers. November on the South Plains can also drop a forty-degree swing between sunrise and sunset, putting water heaters, furnaces, and every threaded...

December arrives in Lubbock with bright holiday lights, cotton field dust swirling in north winds, and temperature swings that can drop thirty degrees between a Saturday parade and the Sunday sunrise. Those rapid changes push water heaters, exterior faucets, and...

October in Lubbock feels like a gentle lull between extremes. Afternoons still flirt with short-sleeved warmth, yet the sun sets earlier, and the first hint of chill creeps across the Caprock. Most residents remember at least one Halloween when the temperature plunged...

Texas Tech’s homecoming turns the Depot District and Broadway corridor into a sea of crimson and black. Alumni flood their favorite barbecue joints, students cram into late-night pizza spots, and visiting parents queue for Sunday brunch before the drive home. A single...

September in Lubbock always feels like a fresh start. Classrooms refill, Texas Tech fans crowd Jones AT, and the South Plains Fair paints the midway with lights and cotton-candy steam. Behind the festivities, our weather begins its annual tug-of-war, shifting from...

When Raider Alley lights up and thousands of fans stream toward Jones AT&T Stadium, campus-area kitchens, bars, and retail counters experience a surge no other weekend can match. During that four-hour window, the restrooms never close, dishwasher racks spin...