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It was a sight for sore eyes in San Antonio as much-needed rainfall swept through the region on Wednesday and Thursday. However, the heaviest downpours fell just south of the Alamo City, triggering severe flooding across South Texas.
Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border has let up but rescues were still ongoing after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport.
A Tribune analysis also found the state’s share of the funds that schools receive per student significantly decreased in the last decade until recently.
The State Democratic Executive Committee will meet on Saturday to elect the successor to party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa.
Wildfires are nothing new to South Texans. With rising temperatures and ongoing dry conditions, Texas faces an increased risk of wildfires.
The Mexican free-tailed bat, which roosts under our freeways and in caves, even shows up on radars during their evening mass exodus to find food and eats an untold amount of bugs every spring and summer.
The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause.
A new law was meant to uphold standards at homes where substance abusers are trying to rebuild their lives. But compliance is proving difficult.
As the Edinburg facility and others seek to assist people experiencing food insecurity, state lawmakers have more than a dozen bills that could tackle Texas’ food deserts.
The Biden administration shuttered the Dilley facility last year because of high operating costs. It’s expected to hold immigrant families under the Trump administration.
If a majority of the roughly 500 residents living around the South Texas site vote yes in May, Starbase will be the state’s newest city.
Podiatrists at UT Health San Antonio say San Antonio and South Texas have one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country, which is the leading cause of amputation.
Months after announcing a nine-figure investment in its San Antonio plant, Toyota said Monday it will make a seven-figure investment for educational and family programs at East Central Independent School District.
The United States Coast Guard stopped four lanchas and seized hundreds of pounds of illegally caught fish and several sharks off the South Texas coast.
Texas Game Wardens arrested three people after revealing an illegal hunting scheme, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
After a relatively tame start to mountain cedar season due in part to environmental stress, recent counts have been noticeably higher as we approach the home stretch of the season.
Nearly 40,000 homes in San Antonio are receiving part of their electricity from a newly repowered wind farm located almost 150 miles south of the city.
The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S. and in the fields of Texas.
KSAT visited Eagle Pass, a city at the epicenter of the immigration debate, for the tenth episode of “Your Voice, South Texas.”
The San Antonio Botanical Garden will unveil its upcoming exhibition, “Reflections of Nature,” in March 2025.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has since directed the deployment of 135 Texas first responders to help fight the West Coast fires and respond to emergencies.
A new study from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has revealed fentanyl and other pharmaceutical medications were found in common bottlenose dolphins along the Texas coastline.
Since cattle imports were cut off in November, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and some ranchers worry about the ban’s economic impact on beef producers and consumers.
Conservative lawmakers claimed credit for Dr. Robert Bredt’s retirement after it came out he also worked at a Planned Parenthood-affiliated lab.
A former San Antonio police officer, who was fired for giving a homeless person a feces sandwich, is now employed with a South Texas police department.
The plunging polar vortex is bringing subfreezing temperatures to some of the southernmost points of the U.S. A forming storm system is threatening to dump snow on parts of Texas and Oklahoma, while communities in Louisiana and Florida may see frigid cold.
Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, said the party should embrace bipartisanship, and start talking about economic issues.
Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman who lived in the tiny border town of Mirando City in South Texas, played an important role in the history of the peyote trade.
San Miguel Electric Cooperative's plan to turn into a solar and battery plant will leave only 14 coal-fired power plants in the state.
A hurricane and winter freeze devastated the South Texas industry. A lack of water is preventing a full recovery.
An annual report documents 2,870 active cases of groundwater contamination around the state. Groundwater provides more than half of the state’s water supply.
The latest episode brings us to Starr County, a former Democratic stronghold that flipped from blue to red in the presidential election for the first time in over a century.
If you’re heading down to the coast soon, you will need to keep an eye out for thousands of Portuguese Man O’ War that are washing ashore on Mustang and North Padre Islands.
As limitations on trans teens increase, doctors have left the state, weakening an already threadbare system for trans adults.
The congressman said he joined other Democrats in opposition to the use of the floating barriers and razor wire at Texas’ border because of the lack of permits.
After Democrats underperformed nationally and in Texas, the McAllen Democrat had some sharp commentary for his party and said he won't be taking their advice.
Texas agreed to take 120,000 acre-feet of water from Mexico this month, only after the U.S. and Mexico agreed to an updated treaty.
After serving the running community for 16 years, the Rock n’ Roll Running Series announced its departure from San Antonio, as this year’s December event will be their last “run.”
While the nation’s attention was focused on the presidential election, a significant shift took place in the Fourth Court of Appeals, which oversees Bexar County.
The amendment to a 1944 treaty will help Mexico catch up with its water deliveries to the U.S. and might help Rio Grande Valley farmers devastated by low rainfall.
Cruz beat his challenger by 9 points, while Trump prevailed over his by 14 points. Still, Cruz performed better this year than he did in 2018
The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 performance in the Latino-majority region.
Tuesday was another electoral blowout in which Democrats underperformed expectations, weakening their case that Texas is a battleground state worthy of investment and attention from the national party.
Hinojosa won the only competitive seat in the Texas Senate this cycle, besting Sen. Morgan LaMantia two years after she narrowly defeated him.
A 29-year-old man and a 4-year-old boy are dead following a distress call at Catfish Cove at Lake Corpus Christi State Park.
The longtime Laredo congressman fended off Republican challenger Jay Furman despite a federal indictment accusing the incumbent of bribery and money laundering.
Both major parties poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into winning the seat, a rematch between Mayra Flores and Vicente Gonzalez.
Texas might not be a swing state, but many of its races will have major consequences to the national political landscape and on the lives of everyday Texans.
The Rio Grande City mayor and two of his fellow commissioners proposed the changes, claiming the city secretary mishandled their election.
Both candidates are making their closing arguments at the culmination of a heated and expensive race which could decide control of the U.S. Senate.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred are making their final pitches to Texas voters at campaign stops across the state as Election Day nears.
The county decided to not have an early voting site at a Laredo university because of historic low turnout. It will have one on Election Day.
Castroville, a 30-minute drive from downtown San Antonio, has expanded in recent years. Castroville leaders have openly spoken about the challenges that come with growth: management and preservation of the area’s heritage.
Across a dozen of the most competitive House races, Republicans raked in more than $11 million over the last month, compared to the nearly $3.5 million collectively raised by their Democratic counterparts.
Farmers say they want the water, but not if it goes against the allotment they need for the spring planting season.
Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz has been declared the winner in the reelection race for United States Representative District 15, according to the Associated Press.
The South Texas city has hired a consulting firm for $200,000 to provide an interim director for the utility amid a restructuring of the department.
Voters in Bexar County and beyond are already casting early voting ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 election, including for president, US senator, representatives in the U.S. and Texas houses, plus other candidates running for office at the state and local levels. Some voters will also decide municipal and school propositions.
