A Department of Public Safety Trooper is parked near concertina wire set up along the Rio Grande close to the Texas-New Mexico border in El Paso on Tuesday.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/texas-strings-concertina-wire-along-new-mexico-border-to-deter-migrants/

A kayak and canoe outfitter walks along the Rio Grande under the hot sun in July.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-08-01/climate-change-extreme-heat-deaths-texas-greg-abbott

Albuquerque Isotopes’ Hunter Stovall tags Salt Lake Bees’ Kevin Padlo during their game at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque on Wednesday, April 5. 2023.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2588469/photos-isotopes-fall-to-salt-lake-4-2.html

Along the Rio Grande, state troopers from Florida, one of several GOP-led states that have sent National Guard members and law enforcement to the border, work in tandem with Texas officials.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/12/28/texas-has-arrested-thousands-on-trespassing-charges-at-the-border-illegal-crossings-are-still-high/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-has-arrested-thousands-on-trespassing-charges-at-the-border-illeg

Along the upper Rio Grande River in southern Colorado, snowpack increased over the past two weeks to 125% of the norm.

Source: https://www.greeleytribune.com/2023/03/23/colorado-snowpack-water-reservoirs-beating-norm-drought/

Along with these stats, the Governor stated a marine barrier floating wall was being installed in the Texas Rio Grande River.

Source: https://newstalk1290.com/texas-floating-river-wall/

At the county level, Catholics are most prevalent mainly in New Mexico and in Texas along the Rio Grande.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/where-catholics-live-in-the-united-states-explained-in-4-charts

A unit of French oil major TotalEnergies currently holds 44.9 million shares of NextDecade, bought for $219 million in June as part of a broader deal to develop NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG export project in south Texas that has faced repeated delays.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/TOTALENERGIES-SE-4717/news/NextDecade-files-to-allow-TotalEnergies-to-exit-LNG-stake-45640740/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20231227

Authorities break up school fight, then find gun, at Rio Grande High School.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2580608/gun-found-at-rio-grande-high-school.html

Both remains were discovered to the north of the floating barriers Texas had erected in the Rio Grande to prevent migrant crossings.

Source: https://theeastcountygazette.com/unveiling-the-tragedy-of-two-migrants-in-the-rio-grande/

Crossing the Rio Grande is dangerous, entering into the desert terrain is dangerous, there are already barriers - but too many Americans are too dumb and unthinking.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/mexico%27s-president-is-willing-to-help-with-border-migrant-crush-but-wants-us-to-open-talks-with-cuba

Dryness is expected to stick around in southern Brazil, and this week may become one of the hottest and driest weeks in more than 30 years in Rio Grande do Sul near the southern border.

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/01/26/argentina-rain-forecast-too-late-to-save-crops/

During a speech in Washington on Thursday at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 46th Annual Gala, Biden had celebrated Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, for her gala award.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12554481/Joe-Biden-LL-Cool-J-speech.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Edinburg, TX, March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Access to specialty care for children in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) is soon to be much improved.

Source: https://forextv.com/top-news/driscoll-childrens-hospital-receives-a-17mm-gift-from-the-valley-baptist-legacy-foundation-to-bring-new-specialty-pediatric-doctors-to-the-rio-grande-valley/

Even more moderate GOP candidates such as former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott have suggested support for some version of unilateral military action across the Rio Grande.

Source: https://www.onnradio.com/2023/08/25/gop-talk-of-military-action-in-mexico-sparks-dire-warnings/

File photo: Guardsmen patrol as workers continue to deploy large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

Source: https://www.kurv.com/ruling-expected-soon-on-doj-suit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruling-expected-soon-on-doj-suit

For more information about the Rio Grande Recycle Center, visitaspen.

Source: https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/local-news-in-brief-dec-30/article_512b1520-a6bc-11ee-b1d9-8341783931af.html

From the beginning, the Denver & Rio Grande and Grand Junction understood their value to one another.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/valley-grand-junction-oil-train-route-would-retrace-colorado-railroad-history

Haley detailed her plan to address the crisis during a press conference in her final stop of the day with the backdrop of razor wire and shipping containers blocking the Rio Grande River crossing.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11934895/Nikki-Haley-GOP-candidate-White-House-claims-border-crisis-solely-Bidens-fault.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Hawaii reached the Acrisure final by beating UT Rio Grande Valley 76-57 on Friday, while San Diego beat Arkansas State 71-57 that same day.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/11/25/sports/sports-breaking/hawaii-off-to-5-0-start-with-win-over-san-diego/