The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

The Upton County Sheriff’s Office has issued a travel alert amid multiple road closures cause by high winds and dangerous driving conditions. UCSO said Texas Highway 349 is closed starting at the ...

The sinkhole, which is so wide and deep that it could comfortably contain a four-story building, is feared to still be ...

UPTON COUNTY, Texas — There will be possible road closures in Upton County Friday ahead of the dust storms and damaging winds coming to the Permian Basin, according to the Upton County Sheriff's ...

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was ...

Near the area of the sinkhole, according to Newsweek, a family known as the Kelton Family is unable to use a well as a water ...

The Kelton Ranch is a few miles outside McCamey in rural Upton County. McCamey is one of countless Texas towns formed in an oil boom. Wildcatter George McCamey struck oil in 1925 and soon several ...

UCSO said Texas Highway 349 is closed starting at the intersection of FM-1379 and ending at the city limits of Rankin. Multiple roadblocks have also been placed in Upton County: in Midkiff on FM ...