Texas leads the nation in snake diversity, with more than 100 species and subspecies — and the most rattlesnake species of ...

The Rio Grande Compact—signed in 1938 between Colorado, New Mexico and Texas—sealed the river’s fate. The compact ensured that farmers in all three states would get their share of water.

A: The southernmost portion of Texas has, over the years, been known by many a moniker, among them the Rio Grande Valley, the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Valley, El Valle, the RGV, and the 956 ...

The floating barrier is deployed in the middle of the Rio Grande near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, with anchors in the riverbed. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images, File) GOV.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Agriculture has authorized an executive order allowing farmers to tap the Rio Grande for irrigation. On Thursday, TDOA Commissioner Sid Miller issued the ...

Texas brought the suit in 2013, arguing that groundwater pumping in this stretch of New Mexico siphoned off water destined for Texas under the Rio Grande Compact.

Thus, in 1938, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado signed the Rio Grande Compact, designating how much water Colorado must ensure would reach New Mexico, which in turn had to ensure a fair share of ...

Meet our new Rio Grande Valley reporter, East Texas reporter and audience producer Berenice Garcia in McAllen, Jess Huff in Lufkin and Laura Duclos in Houston are our newsroom’s latest hires.

The background: Texas began deploying chains of specially designed buoys down the middle of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass to deter migrants from crossing illegally in June 2023, sparking protests ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.