Val Verde County News

It's hot and getting hotter. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory effective until 8 p.m. Thursday, July 9, for 24 counties in south central Texas, Del Rio and Val Verde County are in the area covered by the heat advisory.

By Rene Bermea Jr. Del Rio News-Herald Published July 5, 2009 - Updated 33 minutes ago There was quite a crowd Saturday night at the Val Verde County Fairgrounds for the second day of the 2009 Del Rio Rotary Club's Wild Wild West Independence Day Rodeo.

Recent rains might lower the fire danger this July 4, but officials remain wary and remind everyone that burn and fireworks bans are still in affect.

States are imposing border restrictions on stock from Texas and New Mexico as more cases of vesicular stomatitis are reported.

CRIME STOPPERS AND THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT NEED YOUR HELP IN LOCATING A FUGITIVE WHO IS WANTED ON A PROBATION VIOLATION FOR THE ORIGIANAL CHARGE OF EVADING ARREST WITH A VEHICLE.

The oppressive heat drones on as will again brace for temperatures in the low 100s.

Housekeeping issues dealing with a number of county projects are on the agenda for Monday's meeting of county commissioners court.

Del Rioans must participate in the 2010 U.S. Census to ensure that the city will receive its fair share of $300 billion in federal funds to be dispersed based on census figures over the next decade.

The fight for state legislation to protect Laughlin Air Force Base from encroachment will continue, city officials vowed.

Congressman Ciro Rodriguez made a special trip to Del Rio Friday to announce local entities would receive more than $14 million in stimulus funding.

An inferno at Crown Recycling kept firefighters busy over the weekend. On Saturday, dozens of firefighters from the Val Verde County Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Del Rio Fire and Rescue Department, Laughlin Air Force Base Fire Department and Kinney County Fire Rescue Department responded to Crown Recycling on Hamilton Lane.

Providence Resources Inc. , Austin, Texas, says it has completed drilling the Carson 10-1 and Carson 12-1 exploratory wells to the Ellenberger reservoir interval in Val Verde County, Texas.

It's been a "sad story" for wheat in Texas, said Dr. Travis Miller, Texas AgriLife Extension Service statewide agronomist in College Station.

An organization that helps area alcoholics and addicts has volunteered to work toward reopening a recently-closed local shelter for battered women.

The cause of a deadly March fire will remain 'undetermined', said Del Rio Fire and Rescue Department Fire Marshal Pablo Padilla.

While Cody Hancock didn't earn the $10,000 Bounty Bull bonus Saturday night, he can go to sleep knowing he's the current leader at the 32nd Annual George Paul Memorial Bull Riding.

A former Border Patrol agent was found guilty in federal court here Thursday for conspiring to smuggle more than a ton of marijuana into the United States from Mexico.

Work continues toward construction of the planned Del Rio Outer Loop, county commissioners court members learned recently.

Sul Ross State University will not 'force a fit' when selecting a new president.

Don't fear the census. That was the message Val Verde County Commissioners Court recently heard from Ken Sierra, partnership specialist with the Dallas regional census center, during its April regular term meeting on April 13.