/tags/rio-grande Rio Grande en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:52:55 GMT /news/2022-09-29/migrant-deaths-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-in-part-due-to-drownings This has been the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Hundreds have drowned in the Rio Grande or perished from extreme heat in failed smuggling attempts. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:52:55 GMT /news/2022-09-29/migrant-deaths-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-in-part-due-to-drownings Joel Rose, Marisa Peñaloza /energy-environment/2022-05-06/the-rio-grande-goes-dry-in-big-bend-revealing-a-river-system-in-crisis The forces that have killed the river this spring aren’t likely to abate. What’s happening now could become a regular occurrence. Fri, 06 May 2022 16:43:18 GMT /energy-environment/2022-05-06/the-rio-grande-goes-dry-in-big-bend-revealing-a-river-system-in-crisis /texas/2021-04-24/human-smugglers-bypass-border-patrol-bedeviling-sheriffs-and-ranchers-in-south-texas Undocumented migrants trekking on foot and packed into vehicles are heading north from the southern border in greater numbers. Some are dying along the way, and Border Patrol agents are frustrated. Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:23:03 GMT /texas/2021-04-24/human-smugglers-bypass-border-patrol-bedeviling-sheriffs-and-ranchers-in-south-texas John Burnett /texas/2020-01-03/border-land-border-water-is-a-150-year-history-of-construction-on-the-us-mexico-border From Texas Standard:In 2019, the U.S.-Mexico border topped the news, in part, because of the promise that President Donald Trump had made to build a wall� Fri, 03 Jan 2020 22:10:02 GMT /texas/2020-01-03/border-land-border-water-is-a-150-year-history-of-construction-on-the-us-mexico-border Kristen Cabrera