A statistical view of surrounding issues that affect Lubbock and South Plains residents.
He changed the face of music and helped put Lubbock on the map. Find out about the life and times of Lubbock's own music legend.
Lubbock marked its 100th birthday in 2009. Read a collection of stories and photos telling the city's history.
A-J Media topic pages through the years.
A-J History
Wikipedia: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
The Lubbock Avalanche was founded by attorney John James Dillard with his business partner Thad Tubbs, who provided the money for the equipment to publish a newspaper in 1900. According to Dillard, the origin of the newspaper's Avalanche name came from his desire that the newspaper surprise the citizens of Lubbock.
Newspaper editors, publishers build Avalanche-Journal into an institution
J.J. Dillard founded what became The Avalanche-Journal, which set the stage for Chas. A. Guy and Parker Prouty to usher the newspaper into an era of partnership and prosperity while never forgetting a commitment to community journalism.
Delivering Lubbock Avalanche-Journal brought trials, tribulations
Robby Parrish still remembers what might have been the coldest day he ever spent in Lubbock, and he has the frostbite scar to prove it.
A-J Community
A-J Media carries on Goodfellows holiday tradition
For years, they arrived in the quiet of the night, cloaked in anonymity and armed with a common mission: Deliver the Christmas spirit to Lubbock's needy children.
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