A Ranch Fit for a King (of Texas) Nov 16, 2009
Richard King was a runaway orphan who first made his fortune running American soldiers up the Rio Grande River during the Mexican War. During the Civil War, he put Mexican flags on his river boats to run Confederate cotton past Union naval blockades. (CBS News)
Hot spots for leaf peepers Nov 3, 2009
"We're also getting a lot of color along the Rio Grande river -- not necessarily in trees although they are there -- but we also get a lot of brush and scrub," said Schallau. "There's a lot of really nice color right now.". (CNN -- International)
Homeland Security nixes Texas border fence provision Oct 10, 2009
Protestors hold signs during a Dec. 11, 2007, protest rally against the building of a fence that will be placed along parts of the Rio Grande River, at the McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, Texas. . (Florida Today)
VA Reburies 'Buffalo Soldiers' in Santa Fe National Cemetery Aug 19, 2009
Located on the west side of the Rio Grande River, approximately 40 miles south of Socorro, N.M., it was permanently abandoned in 1885. After an investigation by Interior's Bureau of Reclamation revealed looting of the unmarked graves at Fort Craig's cemetery, the Bureau worked with VA's National Cemetery Administration to move them to Santa Fe National Cemetery. (PR Newswire)
Officials Try To Make Rio Grande Ecotourist Friendly Aug 18, 2009
The Rio Grande River has some of the greenest green you can find in the El Paso area. Right now, the floodways in and around the Rio Grande River are mowed on a regular basis by the International Boundary and Water Commission for mostly flood control reasons. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Update: Divers Recover Missing Girl's Body Aug 17, 2009
According to police, Quinonez went missing while swimming in the Rio Grande River at Leasburg State Park. Police said Quinonez was playing in the sand bar, in the middle of the Rio Grande with other children just before 6 p.m. Investigators said the other children turned away for a moment, and when they looked back they saw she was missing. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Search Begins For Missing Young Girl Aug 16, 2009
They are searching for her in the Leasburg State Park, near the Rio Grande River. State police said she has been missing since 5:45 p.m. Saturday. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
MARGARET McFARLAND SANDERS Jul 22, 2009
Wanting her children to have all kinds of opportunities, she even taught them to water-ski pulling them tied to the back of her car through the irrigation canals along the Rio Grande River. After the death of her husband in 1976, Margaret, then 63 and always an avid reader and intellectually curious, enrolled at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Justice Department: U.S. Border 'Underprotected,' 'Easily Breached' Jul 2, 2009
"Along many areas of the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas, the Rio Grande River can be easily breached by smugglers on foot or in vehicles, enabling Mexican DTOs to smuggle multikilogram quantities of illicit drugs, primarily marijuana and cocaine, into the United States.". Our president and congressional leaders now seek to control Earth's climate by capping carbon emissions in the United States -- even as they fail to perform their constitutional duty by capping the flow of contraband... (Human Events Online)
El Paso County Crews Clean Up After Storm Jun 30, 2009
County crews spent the day pumping water from a ditch to an area where the water would eventually flow into the Rio Grande river. KFOX also found out that crews pumped water out of San Elizario, East Montana, Sparks and Horizon City on Darrington Road. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Parents' citizenship is son's joy Jun 21, 2009
It will not help the majority of North Carolina's illegal immigrants from Mexico, many of whom sneaked across the border by swimming across the Rio Grande River or hiking through the desert. Cases such as Bilbao's give fuel to both sides of the nation's contentious immigration debate. (News & Observer)
American Water gets Texas contract May 15, 2009
Laredo is reaching the limit on the amount of water it can draw from the Rio Grande River and its ground water has been affected by salt intrusion. Terrabon and Applied Water Management, which is based in Hillsborough, N.J., expect to begin engineering work on the plant this month. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Book Reviews May 12, 2009
She, her husband and a group of young people are on a multiple-day rafting excursion down the Rio Grande River when challenges and tragedy strike. Rainfall in the mountains nearby has turned the excursion into a situation. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Texas Task Force Fights Drug Cartels Apr 30, 2009
Cuellar said small towns like El Cenizo and Rio Bravo are hot spots from drug smugglers coming across the Rio Grande River. "Our response time, sometimes, I'll be honest to say may take an hour to respond to these areas," said Cuellar. (Click2Houston, TX)
Chamber off to D.C. to lobby for ABQ area Apr 29, 2009
The delegates are seeking $150 million for design and construction of the Valencia County interchange for a crossing over the Rio Grande River in Los Lunas. Sherman McCorkle, chairman of the Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance and president and CEO of Technology Ventures Corp., said about 50 percent of the state s population is in Albuquerque and the four surrounding counties, and more than 75 percent of the state s economic activity occurs there. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
ICE: Immigrant smuggler uses ambulance Apr 17, 2009
Officers say someone in Mexico would contact a person in Ojinaga, Mexico, who would assist them in crossing the Rio Grande River where they would be met and taken to a location in Presidio. They would be coached in how to call for ambulance service and then fake an illness, either chest or abdominal pain. (Odessa American, TX)
U.S., Mexico unite to fight smugglers Apr 4, 2009
Speaking at a border-crossing facility near the Rio Grande River, Napolitano said strategies outlined in meetings with Mexican officials this week will put the squeeze on warring drug cartels. The two governments agreed to "operate almost like a vice from the north and from Mexico ... to take out the large cartels which have plagued our area for far, far too long," said Napolitano, the former governor of Arizona. (MSNBC -- International)
Napolitano: Mexican Cartels Under Pressure Apr 4, 2009
At a border crossing facility near the Rio Grande River, Napolitano said U.S. and Mexican officials reached agreement on several ways to stop the illegal flow of guns and drugs between the two countries. Napolitano said beefed up border inspections, drug- and gun-sniffing dogs, more information-sharing and improved surveillance will "operate almost like a vice" on the cartels. (Newsmax)
Busting Mexico's Narco Juniors Apr 4, 2009
6 million located across the Rio Grande River from El Paso, became the last year with 1,600 slayings, including 100 police officers. The fighting was blamed on a turf war between Carrillo Leyva's Juarez cartel and Zambada's Sinaloa organization. (Time.com)
Critics Wary Of Plant Poison In Border War Mar 25, 2009
Border Patrol's Project At Laredo May Expand Along Rio Grande River; Critics Question Health Effects ... 1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank to eliminate the dense foliage used by suspected illegal immigrants and criminals to hide. (CBS News)
Laredo invests in water desalination plant Mar 19, 2009
Laredo is almost to the limit in the amount of water it can draw from the Rio Grande River. As a result, city leaders have agreed to spend $1. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
More feds to combat border violence Mar 18, 2009
Over the weekend hundreds of Mexican army troops arrived in Juarez, a border city across the Rio Grande River from El Paso. Police in Juarez have been swamped by drug violence. (AZCentral -- News)
- Voice: More American than most of us (2) Mar 18, 2009
And the U.S. stole the Rio Grande River. Could the U.S. have been an aggressor nation back then. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Behind the Troop Surge at the U.S.-Mexico Border Feb 28, 2009
Customs and Border Protection water units patrol the Rio Grande River under the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. Erich Schlegel / Dallas Morning News / Corbis. (Time.com)
Bob's your uncle Feb 20, 2009
But he did take us deep into the Blue Mountains where we drifted on a bamboo raft down the Rio Grande river, a trip interrupted only by young Rastas paddling out of the jungle in dugout canoes to offer us ice cold Red Stripe beer and copious amounts of ridiculously fresh marijuana which our versatile oarsman rolled with one hand while guiding the raft more or less downstream. Not a bad life, I said to the chilled vendors. (iAfrica.com)
Shops at Montao sell to local investors Feb 13, 2009
Monta;o Boulevard is one of the four very busy east-west thoroughfares across the Rio Grande river. We think of this location as the corner of Main and Main. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Analysis: Environmental needs could get attention Feb 12, 2009
Water flows around a diversion dam that serves a drinking-water project on the Rio Grande River in New Mexico. The economic stimulus package includes plans to help local governments protect drinking water supplies. (Athens Banner-Herald)
