A new regional route from Valley Metro and El Metro connects Zapata County to Laredo and Rio Grande City for school, work and ...

One person has been arrested in connection with a road rage shooting that left a bystander in the hospital. Rio Grande City resident Edgar Pena, 31, was ...

A suspect wanted by La Joya Police has been taken into custody after allegedly leading Rio Grande City Police and the Texas ...

These guys want to go to Mars. Let them go to Mars,” says one local. “The people here want to enjoy the beach” ...

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Laredo installed three penny machines this week around the Gateway City to create souvenir coins reflecting the city’s ...

Standing atop an earthen levee just north of the Rio Grande and near the famous Santa Ana National Wildlife Refugee, environmentalist Scott Nicol wondered Friday where signs indicating that this area ...

The 2024 presidential election saw shifts to the right in counties across the country. After the election, we brought you a story from the southern border in Texas, a heavily Hispanic area that ...

The 2024 presidential election saw shifts to the right in counties across the country. After the election, we brought you a ...

It is a much shorter period than what we're used to,” says an El Paso Water executive. “Usually, we get water from the river ...

Boca Chica Beach, located where the asphalt of Texas 4 ends in a tumble of powder-soft white sand in the southernmost reach ...

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