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Images capture Rio Grande’s return as 2025 irrigation season begins
The Rio Grande was filled with much needed water on Friday, May 30 from the Caballo Lake Dam for irrigation needs in the ...
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Viral images of Border Patrol putting alligators in the Rio Grande are fake
VERIFY readers Edward and Teresa emailed and texted us to ask if Border Patrol really put alligators or crocodiles in the Rio Grande, like these images claim. Alligators are native to a part of ...
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Greg Abbott to Ramp Up Buoy Border Blocks in Rio Grande: Reports
More SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images Abbott's Press Secretary Andrew ... "You can expect to see an increase of the buoys in the Rio Grande river," Abbott told NewsNation in August.
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Buoys in the Rio Grande could change southern border, SIUE researchers find
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville professor Adriana Martinez, left, and third-year student Emma Prott, right, have been studying the effects of the buoys placed in the Rio Grande by Texas ...
5 missing band members found slain in Mexican border town; authorities blame Gulf cartel
Mexican authorities are blaming the Gulf cartel for the slayings of the five members of a band, El Fugitivo, in the border ...
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The Rio Grande is barely a trickle in West Texas—but scientists believe it can be restored
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 ...
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Holding out hope on the drying Rio Grande
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 ...