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Friday, March 15, 2013  A federal judge has blamed Texas environmental officials for the deaths of 23 rare whooping cranes in a water dispute.

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.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  For the last 14 years, Nancy Venegas has lived across the street from the Rio Hondo Waste Water Treatment Plant along North Reynolds Road.

Saturday, September 15, 2012  Edinburg fire crews put out a small car explosion at the Eco-Wreck Metal Processing Facility on Friday evening. .

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  Harlingen firefighters dug through burned tires Tuesday, trying to determine what sparked a fire at the Tire Recycling and Processing center, located off Grimes Road in Harlingen.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012  Thousands of dumped tires pile up drawing mosquitoes and rodents, and posing a serious risk to nearby residents.

Friday, March 23, 2012  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is now looking into the case of the fire that blazed through an Olmito truck shop.

Sunday, March 18, 2012  A  Primera man posts a video to our Action 4 Facebook page showing milky water coming from his faucet.

Monday, February 20, 2012  The price tag for a recent fire near Rio Hondo has gone over the $40,000 dollar mark.

Saturday, February 04, 2012  Fire crews from all over Cameron County extinguished the chemical fire burning east of Rio Hondo on Saturday.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Authorities are reporting a rural area of Cameron County scorched in a massive fire has not been contained.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Fire crews shut down the site of a large tire fire outside San Benito Wednesday night. It’s consider it extinguished, but a criminal investigation is just beginning.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  Luis Garcia was not surprised when he learned the massive fire Monday afternoon was coming from a field right next to his house.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011  Investigators questioned a San Benito landowner to find out why he had more than 2,000 tires on his property.

Monday, March 21, 2011  Alan Rodriguez counts his blessings as he looks at the debris left over from a warehouse fire nearly two weeks ago.