Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – There were dire warnings coming from some Texas electricity retailers who offer low prices based on daily wholesale rates. Those companies urged customers to switch providers or face sky-rocketing electric bills. At issue, high demand spiked wholesale power prices to over $9,000 per megawatt hour on Monday, compared with less than $50…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- Governor Greg Abbott provided an update on the state’s response to severe winter weather conditions and power outages throughout the state. The Governor discussed the weather forecast, response efforts to assist Texans in need, water quality, and other issues affecting communities across the state. The Governor discussed the current power situation in Texas…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Federal help is on its way to Texas as the state grapples with impacts of a winter storm. With snow, ice, frigid temperatures, and forced power outages blanketing much of the state, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday that generators have been supplied to Texas and diesel is being…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) — John Peter Smith Hospital had to scramble to get rid of soon to expire COVID-19 vaccines. Snow and ice covered roadways caused vaccine clinics in Tarrant County to shut down leading to hundreds of doses of vaccine to be near their expiration date. With quick thinking, JPS called patients who had been…… MORE
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Conservative talk radio world has lost a legend. WBAP host Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday morning after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70 years old. His wife Kathryn made the announcement during his radio show. “Losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when the…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Arlington asked residents to conserve water usage in their homes and businesses to only essential purposes Wednesday. Officials made the request after Arlington Water Utilities reported seeing an unprecedented demand on its water distribution system over the past 24 hours as residents remain home bound amid the severe winter…… MORE
McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of McKinney is asking customers conserve water, as the city’s water supplier – the North Texas Municipal Water District is experiencing higher than normal demands for the winter season. A typical daily demand in winter is 21 million gallons per day for the city. Ysterday, the demand was 39…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas hotels filled up with local residents as power remains out for hundreds of thousands during record-low temperatures. It took some residents across the metroplex two days before they could find a hotel with availability. “We had to sleep in our car part of the time, and in the apartment…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Anger over Texas’ power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze is mounting. More than 4 million customers in the energy capital of the U.S. woke up Tuesday still without power. The outages follow unusually heavy snowfall and single-digit temperatures in Texas that created a surge in demand…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas has deployed maximum resources to local officials throughout the state to respond to severe winter weather and to restore power to our communities. State agencies are sending resources and personnel to help local officials clear roadways and to assist essential workers, such as healthcare professionals and power grid…… MORE
