Port Mansfield News

Tropical Storm Dolly is already wreaking havoc here in the Valley. Its first victim, the 34th Annual Port Mansfield Fishing Tournament.

Tropical Storm Dolly is already wreaking havoc here in the Valley. Its first victim, the 34th Annual Port Mansfield Fishing Tournament.

Hurricane Dolly was kind to at least one Rio Grande Valley city -- the coastal fishing and resort town of Port Mansfield.

Hurricane Dolly, which earlier today grew to a Category 2 storm packing 100 mile per hour winds, appears headed for Port Mansfield as it makes landfall over the mouth of the Arroyo Colorado.

Fire Dept. In Alton have announced that they are not going to go out for any reasons for the next 4 hrs.

Mike Norrell was bracing for a rocky night in his boat as Hurricane Dolly slowly raised the waters in the Port Mansfield marina.

For the first time in recent memory the Arroyo City Fishing Tournament will not be held, according to local group that sponsored the event.

Ten years ago, world-class fishing led Patsy Nolte and her husband to buy a vacation home in this tiny village on the shore of the Laguna Madre, she said.

Port Mansfield, Texas, is a skinny-water paradise where anglers flock to take a crack at fat seatrout and redfish on the flats of Lower Laguna Madre.

Little Elm fire reports from May 25 to June 1, compiled by Penny Rathbun from information provided by the Little Elm Fire Department.

Today GRADUATION CEREMONIES for four local high schools will be held tonight. Santa Rosa's commencement is at 7:30 p.m. at Warrior Stadium, Lyford's is at 8 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium, La Feria's is at 8 p.m. at ...

Robert Sloan/The Enterprise A very short recreational red snapper season opens on Sunday along the Gulf Coast.

“It's hard to be discriminate to know who is doing it. It's hard to do that. They can blend in as fisherman or shrimpers.”

A retired Border Patrol agent talks to NEWSCHANNEL 5 about holes in homeland security in Port Mansfield. via KRGV

“Everybody's basically at risk. We don't live in a bubble. This is about everybody's day-to-day life in town.”

A request to stop the Willacy County Navigation District from canceling a lease has halted a man's eviction Monday, officials said. via Valley Morning Star

“I'm staying put. I'm not going anywhere”

A Willacy County homeowner filed a restraining order against the Port Mansfield Navigation District. via KRGV

“There's probably more than we know actually goes on here, but we kind of have our hands tied on that”

During the day, the town is a quaint fishing village, but at night there's no one watching the port. via KRGV

Richard W. Shuey/Another View Times and conditions have changed in Willacy County and at Port Mansfield in the 60 years since the Willacy County Navigation District was created. via Valley Morning Star

“We don't want to be seen as an exclusive resort town, although there is that happening”

Willacy County officials are warning some people to clean up their homes or get evicted. via KRGV

“It seems he has a lifestyle that's not approved of”

Steve Banyai says he's fixing up his home in this tiny fishing village where he plans to live out his life. via Valley Morning Star

“It's starting to make us extremely nervous”

Port Mansfield had gone so long without federal money for dredging that, before it finally received a state grant last year, the harbor's mouth had silted up until it was 2 feet deep and boats risked running ... via Valley Morning Star