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

Yesterday at 8:19 AM  The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife has a big job, monitoring four million acres of saltwater, including the states bays and estuaries and out to ten nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Texas and Louisiana have sued to block federal fishery officials from regulating the length of the red snapper recreational fishing season in federal waters off their coasts.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Dr. Bart Ballard, research scientist with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville, enters the University's state of the art avian radar detection system.

Monday, April 22, 2013  It's the peak of spring migration thru America's most critical migratory corridor here in Deep South Texas, and colorful songbirds such as painted buntings and rose-breasted grosbeaks' are briefly stopping over to rest and refuel on their flight to breeding grounds throughout North America.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The yellow gold eyes of a bobcat reflect the late afternoon light as the thirsty cat laps up the tepid water.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A phantom cat secretively stalks the remnants of thick thorny brush in southernmost Texas.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Game wardens with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Easter sunrise is fast approaching, and while it is early in the South Texas outdoors for most birds to be laying eggs some like the great blue heron are already incubating.

Monday, March 25, 2013  If you want to see an alligator at Alligator Pond on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge east of Rio Hondo, then you are out of luck.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The majestic Ocelot is a small feline, found only in the South Texas area.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A black-throated sparrow proclaims his territory from atop a spiny yucca, while nearby a cactus wren sings from a thorny branch.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  A Dallas man has been sentenced to a year of probation after he pleaded guilty to killing a whooping crane, a federally protected species of endangered waterfowl.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The prolonged drought plaguing southernmost Texas is taking its toll on wildlife.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  If congress fails to make a new budget deal before March 1 major cuts are headed our way.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection alone faces $754 million in cuts.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Winter Texans and other folks donate thousands of hours of time and volunteer work for local wildlife refuges.  Richard Moore introduces us to some dedicated volunteers at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.