Hurricane Dolly News

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After Katrina stranded hundreds of animals in New Orleans - many of them pets left behind by people fleeing the storm - the leaders of Muttshack vowed, "Never again." Kaye Harris of MuttShack, an organization that helped rescue more than 3,000 animals in the aftermath of Katrina, promised to never leave animals behind again.

This year's sorghum harvest is in full swing and there is no shortage of the grain, which is used primarily as animal feed.

Nacogdoches will soon get a second round of disaster relief funding for Hurricane Ike, and the county can expect even more government aid than during the first allocations.

Despite the discovery of more water damage from last summer's Hurricane Dolly, officials are hopeful Municipal Auditorium will be reopened and ready for use by Oct.

City commissioners on Wednesday instructed City Manager Craig Lonon to begin preparations to hire an auditing firm to look into billing for legal services and legal cost control.

As details emerge about the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, there's still no answer to the biggest question of all - when will it open? For Cate Ball, who will manage the center, it's a question she's frequently asked.

The first woman elected to county office in Cameron County, Precinct 4 Commissioner Edna Tamayo, announced Sunday she does not plan to run for a third four-year term.

Apartment dwellers on Sonesta Drive were shocked Thursday to find eviction notices on their doors telling them to move out by July 5. Such occurrences have been common lately, said their landlord, John Sanchez of "For RENT Inc.; The Property Management Company." Only four tenants out of eight apartments in two buildings were affected this time, ...

A Port Isabel man says Hurricane Dolly may keep him from visiting his family in Mexico again.

Call them "ranchettes" or grazing land or the site for a future dream home. But Cameron County officials are not very optimistic about 10-acre tracts of land being offered for sale along Coco and Louisiana roads north of La Feria, the same area where county workers spent months after last July's Hurricane Dolly, pumping around the clock trying to ...

It sits just feet from the shell of their Harlingen home. The home sits empty because workers haven't finished making repairs.

Mayors of four small cities cried foul Monday as they described the process of dividing $50 million in federal and state disaster funding for damage caused by last year's Hurricane Dolly.

Cameron County officials are encouraging residents to begin preparing for the 2009 hurricane season.

PRWEB.COM Newswire Source: PR Web Wordcount: The National Weather Service predicts a 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season of between 9 and 14 named storms, of which 4 to 7 may be hurricanes.

The cows were in danger of drowning. Add the 40 head of cattle that somehow managed to find themselves in a flooded area to the list - downed power lines, shelter mishaps and evacuation issues - and the people who crammed into Hidalgo County's Emergency Operations Center had more than enough to handle on Wednesday.

Community activists renewed their call Monday for federal officials to close South Texas' immigration checkpoints in the event of a mandatory hurricane evacuation.

Tony Pea is less worried about the next hurricane than he is how Rio Grande Valley residents will react to it.

Property taxes on David and Hinelda Sauceda's home will be lower this year, but it's not good news for them.

Jose Vasquez doesn't live here anymore. His former house in ruins, Vasquez took a government check for the loss of personal belongings and moved away last year, his former landlord said.