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'Practical' woman 1st to lead council
Annette Gutierrez fits the Merriam-Webster dictionary classic definition of down-to-earth: "practical and unpretentious." At 36, Gutierrez is the first Hispanic and the first woman picked as executive director of the Rio Grande Council of Governments, a position she has injected in the past four months with her own down-to-earth style of ...
Comptroller Presents Economic Outlook for Upper Rio Grande Region 6/25/90
Texas Comptroller News Release June 25, 2009 Austin, Texas - The economic outlook is promising for the Upper Rio Grande region, according to a new report by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.
Noah Smithwick recounts Texas Revolution in detail
One of the best accounts of the times of the Texas Revolution is Noah Smithwick's "Evolution of a State" written by a man who was in the thick of things.
Presidio County sheriff investigators are waiting for autopsy results to see what killed a man found dead in the Rio Grande near Presidio late Tuesday morning, Sheriff Danny Dominguez said.
An adobe building workshop in Texas. Adobe buildings are well suited to desert climates.
Wow. The drive on FM170 between Presidio and Terlingua is just amazing. It's not just that there are so many mountains; it's that they're all so different.
A dry lightning storm that rolled through West Texas on Thursday sparked four large grassfires that kept the Texas Forest Service and area firefighters busy, forest service spokesman Lewis Kearney said.
ICE: Immigrant smuggler uses ambulance
MARFA A clever smuggling scheme in Presidio County came to an abrupt end March 5 with the arrest of a Presidio man who had been using an ambulance service to transport illegal immigrants past a Border Patrol checkpoint, a news release said.
In 1849, Corpus Christi was gateway to the West
When the U.S. and Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War, Henry Kinney returned to Corpus Christi.
Man caught in Texas over fatal fire in Missouri
A Missouri man has been caught in Texas over a fire that killed a housemate in Missouri.
Store Power in Super Batteries
Problem Electricity is the ultimate just-in-time commodity, sent off to consumers as soon as it's generated.
Pause, then take some time to remember Mexican refugees
Last week, I concluded my column with the statement that roughly 6,000 Mexican refugees -- federal officers, soldiers, wives, children, horses, dogs, goats, etc., including Chihuahua Gov./Gen. Salvador Mercado ...
Battle Over Oldest Texas Community Adds New Hopeful
For longer than most of us can remember, Texans have been squabbling over which community is the state's oldest.
PRESIDIO COUNTY The freezing weather throughout the Permian Basin was blamed for two minor accidents between Marfa and Alpine on Tuesday as roads between the towns iced over, Presidio County Sheriff's Office ...