@RWebner

San Antonio @ExpressNews reporter covering transportation. Ohio-bred, @Mizzou alum

 South Austin
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Joined October 2023
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San Antonio's Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard has officially been renamed Durango Boulevard, months after the late labor leader was accused of sexually abusing girls and women. bit.ly/46Di7Ug
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A federal judge ruled against environmental and wildlife conservation groups trying to prevent a land exchange between SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in South Texas, @TexasTribune reports. bit.ly/4ji9Jku
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The Boring Co., Elon Musk’s tunneling company that runs an underground Las Vegas Tesla system, is working on a “simple, precursor Hyperloop tunnel between Austin and San Antonio” that would carry passengers at more than 200 mph. bit.ly/4hCpYYq
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City board approves $15M makeover of San Antonio's Main Plaza expressnews.com/news/article…

City board approves $15M makeover of San Antonio's Main Plaza

The plaza dates back to 1731, when settlers from the Canary Islands arrived. It last underwent a major renovation in 2008.

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One 14-year-old girl dropped off by an AISD bus can get home by walking along Loop 360 with no sidewalk, an hour down a trail, or by cutting across Bull Creek and steep concrete embankments. It's the new hub system. Important story by KUT's @GretaDGV: kut.org/education/2026-09-02…

Austin ISD continues to add bus hubs as parents raise concerns about dangerous routes

For the first two weeks of school, Daphne Harrington had to take off work early or have her daughter walk along Loop 360 on her way home from school. AISD officials say they have added hubs in...

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Three friends from Granbury planned a dream trip to the Grand Canyon. Then a deadly flash flood roared through the park while they were hiking. bit.ly/4i6zFz8
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Latest twist in the Martin Phipps saga, documented by the indispenable @AlamoPD. expressnews.com/news/article…

Attorney Martin Phipps charged with terroristic threat against family member

A 16-year-old white female told police that Phipps, 57, threatened her and “put her in fear for her life.” He was arrested Saturday and released on bond Sunday.

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San Antonio's first "diverging diamond" interchange — an innovative lane configuration designed to reduce traffic congestion and accidents — has opened at Blanco Road and Loop 1604 on the far North Side. bit.ly/3Sz8Zwy
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Jesse Salame Jr., 50, the acting chief of the San Antonio Police Department, is widely seen as the favorite to succeed retired Chief William McManus. Raised in Los Angeles Heights, Salame credits his father, a Vietnam veteran, with teaching him the lessons that shaped his policing career. bit.ly/3SyHfrV
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Molly Smith@smithmollykAug 31
The @ExpressNews local politics team — @MeganLRodriguez, @madisoniszler and me — plus @AnnasofiaScheve wrote today's front page! 💪
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Why San Antonio’s luxury apartment market is bouncing back expressnews.com/business/rea…

Why San Antonio’s luxury apartment market is bouncing back

CoStar reported that luxury units, which make up nearly half of the local market’s inventory, have vacancy rates below 12%.

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Drug cartels smuggle fuel worth $12 billion to $21 billion a year from Texas into Mexico, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Fuel smuggling has likely surpassed narcotics as the cartels’ top income source. bit.ly/3SN9WBr
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For years, people have been saying it would take a flood to end the drought in Central Texas. But July's flooding still wasn't quite enough to bring us back to normal. Conditions have improved, but we're still not out of it, experts say: expressnews.com/hill-country… via @expressnews

San Antonio area's drought might have eased, but it's not over

Heavy rains in the spring and summer improved levels in area aquifers, lakes and streams, but we're still not fully recovered from years below-normal rainfall.

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Union Pacific train derails near San Antonio, sending 10 cars off tracks expressnews.com/news/article…

Union Pacific train derails near San Antonio, sending 10 cars off tracks

Ten Union Pacific rail cars derailed Thursday afternoon near LaCoste Road and Highway 90 in Macdona, with no injuries or spills reported.

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Traffic alert: TxDOT planning full closure of I-35 at Loop 410 on Sunday expressnews.com/news/article…

Traffic alert: TxDOT planning full closure of I-35 at Loop 410 on Sunday

The closures are being made as work continues on TxDOT's $3 billion I-35 NEX project, which is expanding the interstate from eight to 14 lanes along the Northeast Side.

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@smithmollyk reports that a major downtown street is getting a new (actually old) name. We're gonna party like it's 1999! expressnews.com/news/article… via @expressnews

It's official: César E. Chávez Boulevard will be renamed Durango Boulevard

The City Council renamed Durango Boulevard in 2011 to honor the late labor leader César Chávez. The New York Times in March published an investigation into sexual assault allegations against...

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City wants to extend lucrative taxing district to pay for Spurs arena property expressnews.com/news/article…

City wants to extend lucrative taxing district to pay for Spurs arena property

Tax revenue within the zone has soared due to a wave of development in the Pearl area, sparked by the former brewery’s makeover.

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Council members fight over budget cuts, proposed tax rate hike expressnews.com/politics/art…

Council members fight over budget cuts, proposed tax rate hike

Council members openly attacked each others' positions on cuts and a proposed tax rate hike in a heated Wednesday budget briefing.

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Report finds need for homeless shelters, assistance outpacing supply expressnews.com/politics/art…

Report finds need for homeless shelters, assistance outpacing supply

The number of people reaching out for assistance — either through nonprofits or a local hotline — rose by more than 4% from 13,153 to 13,740  from 2022 through 2025. 

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VIA Metropolitan Transit is considering raising its regular bus fare for the first time in more than a decade, as ballooning costs for two planned rapid lines are forcing it to dig further into its savings. bit.ly/4wD29UM
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