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South Texas

Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows 

This Texas city has struggled to develop a seawater desalination plant, but its efforts have lagged as thirsty industries arrive and drought persists. 

by Dylan Baddour

Keep Reading

A Visionary in the Borderlands

by Melissa del Bosque

Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta

by Dylan Baddour

A Tree Grows in Texas

by Roberto Ontiveros

Sep 14, 2015

King’s Gambit

Daniel King's quiet mission to transform public education in South Texas.

by Patrick Michels

Progreso ISD Sep 09, 2015

Progreso ISD Fights State Over Students’ Residency

by Patrick Michels

health care Sep 08, 2015

Insurgent Medicine

Physicians hope to revolutionize health care in the Valley with a simple prescription — access.

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Jul 06, 2015

Graves of Shame

New evidence indicates wrongdoing in the handling of migrant remains in Brooks County.

by John Carlos Frey

May 28, 2015

Flight Risk

As climate and habitat change in South Texas, where will all the birds go?

by Daniel Blue Tyx

South Texas high school students at the Capitol Apr 13, 2015

South Texas High School Students Lobby for Change at Capitol

by Melissa del Bosque

Aug 13, 2014

‘This is Our Home’

by Melissa del Bosque

Apr 15, 2013

Hot List: Day 98 of Legislature

by Liz Farmer

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