EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley officially opened its doors on Wednesday. Driscoll's news release said the new hospital is prepared to provide acute pediatric specialty care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. “Our team is excited and ready to serve this community. From []
McALLEN, TEXAS (ValleyCentral) — A sex offender who blackmailed two Rio Grande Valley teenagers was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday. Michael Tienping Tang — a sex offender from Alexandria, Virginia — contacted two La Joya Independent School District students on Facebook and convinced them to send him pornographic videos. After he received the []
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It's National River Clean-up Day and the City of Albuquerque is joining in on the action by getting people out on the water. A river rafting event took place along the Rio Grande Saturday where dozens of people pitched in to pick up trash. "It's our responsibility to use the river []
By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO, May 17 (Reuters) – The Rio Grande port authority said the impact of excess rains and heavy flooding on cargo shipments will only be possible to
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With temperatures rising along with spring runoff more people are expected on a faster moving Rio Grande. Albuquerque Fire Rescue says even though the river might look calm, the water's often moving a lot faster than people anticipate. "This river is wonderful on many levels, but it's also dangerous in all levels," said []
Alerts have been issued in areas already ravaged by floodwaters as more devastation looms.
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Border Patrol boat sank in the Rio Grande this weekend. The agency says the incident happened 6 p.m. Saturday on the river near the Mission area. RGV Sector Public Affairs Officer Christina Smallwood told Valley Central the vessel took on an excessive amount of water causing it to capsize. There is no word on the condition of the agents aboard the boat. There []
The worst floods the country’s southernmost state has seen in at least 80 years.
Three Rio Grande City men pleaded guilty on Friday in a bribery scheme involving a U.S. Department of Agriculture repair grant program.
The full 17-member 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on the issues in New Orleans
Most of the arguments focused on whether the barrier, installed at Gov. Greg Abbott’s order last summer, violates a 19th century federal law prohibiting obstructions to navigable waterways without congressional approval. Border security and immigration played only minor roles in the legal discussions.
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the federal government will be spending $60 million on projects along the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas to make the river more resilient in the face of climate change and growing demands