Rio Grande

Armored Gunboats To Patrol Rio Grande

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

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MCALLEN, Texas -- The Texas Department of Public Safety says it'll have two armored gunboats patrolling the Rio Grande later this month. DPS Director...

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Students Find Man Stuck For Days In Rio Grande Mud

AP | Posted 03.29.2012

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A homeless man who tells authorities he was stuck in the mud at the Rio Grande river in New Mexico for three days has been r...

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8 More Counties In A Drought Emergency, Gov. Says

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.13.2011

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Wednesday, Gov. John Hickenlooper sent another round of letters to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting disaster assistance for eight add...

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Salazar Report Warns Of Water Decline

Posted 06.25.2011

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The Colorado, San Joaquin and Rio Grande river basins may see a decrease by eight to fourteen percent over the next 40 years, according to a report re...

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Add Trash to the Curriculum?

John Merrow | Posted 06.19.2011

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John Merrow

Here's what I envision: Working in teams, middle school kids could use a phone to "map" their neighborhood intersections with photos that answer one question: is there a trash can on the corner?

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Enemy of the Valley: Aaron Peña's South Texas Party Switch Stings Constituents

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Farris

Tony Martinez understands the significance of a powerful message. That's why it's unsurprising that he remembers what Aaron Peña's yard signs used to say -- and the promise they never fulfilled.

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FBI: Mexican Security Chased Away U.S. Border Patrol Agents After Shooting

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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EL PASO, Texas — Mexico condemned the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Thursday through diplomatic correspondence and...

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Mexico Anger High After U.S. Border Patrol Kills Teen

AP | OLIVIA TORRES and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, an i...

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