Articles by Valerie Gonzalez and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune

Severe Storms Ravage South Texas, Leaving 3 Dead and Hundreds Stranded

Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport. Local officials …

South Texas Town Lifts Boil Water Notice After 11 Days

McALLEN — Laredo residents are free to use their water after an 11-day boil-water notice expired earlier this week. City officials announced the end of the warning and pledged to address the factors believed to have caused the city’s water …

South Texas City in Boil-Water Notice After E. coli Traces Found in Water System

McALLEN — Laredo entered its sixth day of a citywide water boil notice after traces of E. coli were discovered in its public water system. Now officials in this South Texas city are scrambling to repair old water pipes that …

SpaceX Faces Concerns Over Environment Damage in South Texas

BOCA CHICA — It wasn’t just a day at the beach. But it never is on this small strip of sand near the Texas-Mexico border, not since SpaceX began launching rockets here. On this particular Saturday in August, about a …

Court Orders Regulators to Fix Process, Reconsider Gas Export Projects in South Texas

McALLEN — A federal court struck down a regulatory agency’s authorization of two controversial, multi-billion-dollar gas export projects in far South Texas, one of which is already under construction. The ruling orders federal regulators to correct procedural deficiencies before reconsidering …