The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through West Texas. Scientists say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore ...

Perhaps the biggest Texas takeaway from the presidential election is that more counties went Republican this cycle — ...

Texas sheriffs have released footage of a shootout between rival cartel factions on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, near the Texas border. Thermal drone footage released by the Texas ...

Thousands of migrant children make the dangerous journey to the U.S. border every year. Some are entrusted to smugglers by ...

FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso. The New York Times described the crash of crumbling houses and the “cries of ...

The treaty amendment gives Mexico more ways to meet its water obligations, but South Texas officials say it might not make a ...

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The conflict stems from an 80-year-old treaty where the countries agreed to share water from the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. However, because water is in more demand but scarcer than ever ...

The University of Texas—Rio Grande Valley is a public institution. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 27,034 (fall 2023), its setting is city, and the campus size is 776 acres.

Ariana Grande is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Grande first rose to fame for her role as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon show Victorious.She began her singing career with her 2013 ...

Mexico is required to send 1.75 million acre-feet of water from the Rio Grande to the United States over a five-year cycle, supplying farmers with critical irrigation. The Latin American country ...

FAR WEST TEXAS—The year was 1897. Flood waters from the Rio Grande submerged entire blocks of downtown El Paso. The New York Times described the crash of crumbling houses and the “cries of ...