Day Trips: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

A great place for bird-watching

"...Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park outside of Mission is a..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Rio Grande No Longer?

An overview of the ecological crisis along the Rio Grande

"...lands, booming border towns, and fast-growing cities line the Lower Rio Grande (known in Mexico as the Rio Bravo)..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips: Resaca de la Palma State Park

Former river channel provides a tropical paradise for Rio Grande Valley wildlife

"...World Birding Center's network of nine sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. At any given time, the 1,200..."

July 22, 2016 Column by Gerald McLeod

How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy

Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism

"...suspects as much. He's a county judge in the Rio Grande Valley, hard on the border with Mexico. Vera..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

The Toxic Border

Researchers ponder increasing birth defects in the Valley.

"...birth defects didn't even exist in Texas. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, determining what was causing anencephaly turned..."

Nov. 9, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Fuller Versus IDEA

Charter school group attacks academic's work, he rebuts

"...Fuller's analysis of IDEA Public Schools' results in the Valley...."

Dec. 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Active Plan, Brownsville

Tropical trail mix comes to the RGV

"...paddling trails that show off the diversity of the lower Rio Grande Valley...."

Oct. 26, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The salt lake La Sal del Rey in central Hidalgo County is as inhospitable as it is beautiful

"...spring and fall the brush country is alive with flowers, butterflies, birds, and animals. The trails lead through a..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...in facing patient panic and tear-filled anxiety – the scenario was repeated all over Texas. More than a dozen..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Day Trips

Aloe King: Soothing the Lower Rio Grande Valley for four decades

"...grow such high-quality plants as the plantations of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. That's no brag, just fact. In..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

For the first time in recorded history, the Rio Grande has failed to reach the Gulf of Mexico.

"...Environmental Studies Center at Laredo Community College, found the Rio Grande in the middle of an existential crisis: To..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips

Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park comes alive with wildlife during the winter months, but is enjoyable all year long

"...Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, outside of Mission, explodes with..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Boca Chica Beach might be the most unspoiled public beach on the Texas coast

"...stretches about 10 miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande (when it makes it this far) to the..."

May 4, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

The Border Patrol settles a suit by several environmental groups, who claimed that the agency's beefed-up efforts at the border have harmed several endangered species.

"...a gap in the paramilitary operations that attend the Rio Grande, which separates the U.S. from its southern neighbor...."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips

"...Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, there are 540 refuges established since 1903 in all..."

May 30, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Off the Desk

"...Corrections Corp. for doing their jobs too well. The trio are suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature

Day Trips

"...over the state. One tried to wash away Del Rio and several communities along the Rio Grande. A month..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Here Come the Judges

The federal court takes up the Texas congressional re-redistricting case.

"...9 in Houston ... and CD 25 in the lower Rio Grande Valley, running south to north from Hidalgo..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Preserving Planet Texas

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

"...centers, including at least one additional park in the Lower Rio Grande Valley -- "underserved," in agency parlance. Locally,..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Expat Taqueros Bring Regional Fare to the Capital City

Austin tacos not from Austin

"...of stunning regional fare, from Baja California to the Rio Grande Valley, while also balancing the tension between quality..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

What Now? What Next?

With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts

"...2010. In essence, she says, for a roughly two-year period, the measure had the effect of banning all abortion..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas' Cotton Boll

Farmers Fight Boll Weevil Program in Court

"...But last year's cotton crop was disastrous in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and in farms around San Angelo...."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...subdivisions, some of which are considered colonias, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley for 22 years...."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Grow Avocados in Texas? Yes, We Can.

"...Texas. Along with its famous grapefruits and oranges, the Lower Rio Grande Valley is home not only to myriad..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Food Feature by MM Pack

Naked City

Computers intended for humanitarian aid held up at border

"...Those who stayed behind in the Lower Rio Grande Valley's Hidalgo, across the river from Reynosa,..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...that the film include images of life in the Lower Rio Grande Valley as well as South Padre Island..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Off the Desk:

"...In the meantime, Rife said, BFI is doing some serious soul-searching of its own. She concedes that the company..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature

The Future's So Bright ...

Johnston High School has problems with grades, attendance, dropouts, a magnet program resented by the host school, and a high turnover rate among principals. Will new principal Sal Cavazos stay and can he make a difference?

"...forward in his chair, his eyes fiery. "We don't lower our expectations for anybody. Responsible educators give the students..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Day Trips: SPI Nature Center

South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center gives a rare look at coastal wetlands

"...one of nine World Birding Center sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The more than 3,300 feet of..."

May 13, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin-Based Restaurant Chains

"...Ribs barbecue shipping arm of County Line, and soon, Barrio, on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. Chuy'swww.chuys.com www.theshadygrove.com..."

June 3, 2011 Food Feature by Mick Vann

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