Rio Grande Valley

Perhaps the biggest Texas takeaway from the presidential election is that more counties went Republican this cycle — specifically in the Rio Grande Valley and surrounding areas. Experts say it’s the culmination of a years-long GOP strategy.

Chef Ana Liz Pulido traveled more than 1,200 miles from her hometown of Mission, Texas, to proudly represent the RGV and its culture across the nation.

Wednesday’s announcement that the case will be reheard comes after a December decision ordering Texas to remove its floating barrier from the river.

This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend will bring severe weather to much of Texas, including dangerously low temperatures that could fall into the low teens.

A public memorial built along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass honors the lives of more than 700 migrants who have died on the border in 2023.

A video obtained by Texas Public Radio appears to show members of the Texas National Guard ignoring cries for help from a woman carrying a baby who seemed to be in danger of drowning in the Rio Grande.

The riverside city, sometimes referred to as 'La Puerta de Mexico' or 'Mexico’s Door,' 'is at the center of a struggle between the State of Texas and the federal government over shutting that door to illegal immigration.

The community in Willacy County has come together to search for the missing animal.

Five tractor trailers loaded with the four-foot diameter buoy balls arrived Friday in Eagle Pass. When assembled, they will make a thousand-foot-long obstacle for migrants crossing the Rio Grande.

Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state.

The Rio Grande Valley has long been a Democratic stronghold in Texas. Republicans invested heavily there but didn't see major gains. Still, marginal progress has Democrats worried.

Sharon Navarro, a professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said the messages Republicans are using to target Latino voters — about immigration and the economy — seem to be working.