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The United States denied Mexico’s request for a special delivery of Colorado River water on Thursday, citing Mexico’s ongoing ...

Track wildfire activity across the state with this interactive map. Description: The Texas A&M Forest Service responded to a request for assistance in San Jacinto County on the Pauline Road Fire ...

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However, the court decision didn’t affect whether Texas must remove the fence or admit the Border Patrol. Without access to the river and without a legal order that the state take down the ...

It is unknown which route the measles exposed-person took, but Texas State provided maps of the two tours to ... Campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., visited River Walk attractions, including the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 11,000 acres have burned in wildfires across Central Texas so far in 2025 ... Follow along with the map and database below. We’ll keep them updated as new information ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services found that instances of some cancers were “significantly greater” than the state average in the shaded area on the map between 2013-21.

Texas officials announced four unusual patterns ... they said many warnings go unheeded near the river. Less than three miles away from the location of the news conference, two men could be ...

State researchers found above normal levels of four types of cancer in communities near a toxic waste site. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story.

Join historian M.C. Toyer for a fascinating presentation on the Texas Military Road at the Allen Train Depot on April 2.

The study, which was published earlier this month, analyzed cancer rates across 65 census tracts surrounding the San Jacinto River both upstream ... with hormones. The Texas Department of State ...