Latest local news, weather, high school sports in the Rio Grande Valley

Friday, January 18, 2013  More than 100 people crammed into Rio Hondo's City Commission Room for a public meeting that was held in regards to a proposed liquid waste facility on the Arroyo Colorado.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  It is like finding a needle in a hay stack, Environmental Scientist Rafael Casanova told Action 4 News.

Monday, November 28, 2011  There are dozens of alligators prowling the waterways of the lower Valley, and as Richard Moore shows us, some of the toothy reptiles are extremely large.

Thursday, June 09, 2011  It's a brand new hurricane season, but Julie Moore is still refinishing furniture after hurricane Dolly came to town in 2008.

Monday, March 21, 2011  Tucked right in the middle of the City of Harlingen you'll find the Arroyo Colorado.

Monday, March 21, 2011  If you are looking for outdoor recreation in the Rio Grande Valley, you might consider a relaxing canoe trip down a stretch of the Arroyo Colorado.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011  Swooping in with wings extending out ward some six feet, the great blue herons are an impressive sight as they soar to their nesting colony on Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre.

Monday, February 14, 2011  The wildflowers and yuccas are blooming on Green Island, a thirty-five acre site just northeast of the Arroyo Colorado.

Monday, August 09, 2010  Eventually, all the floodwater draining into the Rio Grande flows into the Lower Laguna Madre and Gulf of Mexico.

Monday, July 26, 2010  Record flooding has persisted for more than a week throughout much of the Rio Grande Valley as a result of torrential rains in northern Mexico following the landfall of hurricane Alex.

Monday, July 05, 2010  Hurricane Alex skirted the Valley, making landfall some 100 miles south, but the exceptionally high tides associated with the storm caused considerable loss of life to shorebirds nesting on spoil islands in the Lower Laguna Madre.

Monday, June 14, 2010  Authorities are investigating how a cow ended up in the waters of Arroyo Colorado at a popular hike-and-bike trail in Harlingen.

Monday, June 14, 2010  Several times a week, Audubon Warden Leroy Overstreet glides up to the rickety old pier on Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre and makes his rounds.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  Nesting season is about to enter full swing for roseate spoonbills on Laguna Madre's Green Island.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  One of the rarest and most beautiful egrets in the United States is beginning its annual nesting season in the Rio Grande Valley.