As the 2024-2025 season and school year come to a close, various SFDR-CISD student athletes were honored for their achievements during an award ceremony last week. DRHS athletic director Frenchey McCrea and other coaches presented awards to the powerlifting teams, Queens Soccer, and Rams Soccer.

Del Rio’s first Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station is under construction on the far side of Rudy's Country Store and Barbecue parking lot. Across from Walmart, off Bedell Avenue, there are 8 Tesla Gen-4 Superchargers. The onsite installation team confirmed the 8 supercharger stalls should be fully operational in 2-3 weeks.

United States Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens is retiring from the Border Patrol after three decades of dedicated service with an “honor first” approach. An announcement was made on January 17, 2025, that Owens would retire the same year on April 30.

Easter weekend is always a fun and festive time for the family in San Felipe. With popular camping sites like Lions Park situated on San Felipe Creek, celebrations can last multiple nights outdoors. Around Brown Plaza on Saturday, you could visit an outdoor chalk art contest if you found yourself camping nearby at Rotary Park.

Residents of the Vega Verde neighborhood in Val Verde County and their friends are right in the middle of the ongoing international border wall construction. A parade of utility vehicles, concrete trucks, and border patrol units are circling the otherwise quiet street. The active construction site is located on private land, like most of the border wall, and mostly inaccessible. State contracted crews are utilizing residential roads to haul their loads. A headquarters office

In an industry often under scrutiny, Lonestar Vitality has been operating for 6 years without a single incident or investigation.Co-Owner, and self-proclaimed “Cannabis Consultant,” Felix Escobedo,said law enforcement officers call him, not with accusations, but for advice on differentiating legal from illegal cannabis.

On Tuesday, April 15, Val Verde County Branch Library opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony to the reveling of many in attendance

POWER Engineers is working to help stabilize the power grid statewide, to build resiliency and prevent disasters like the ‘Winter Freeze’ of February 2021. POWER wants to run a supercharged 765kV single-circuit transmission powerline 300-miles continuously between two new substations in Fort Stockton and San Antonio. They sent a letter to Val Verde County, because it potentially falls within the proposed powerline path, and requested a response by April 7.

The Comstock Panthers continued their impressive season with a strong showing at the Area Track Meet held in McMullen County, securing multiple spots at the upcoming Regional Meet in Seguin.

Mr. Randy Estuardo Castillo Tocay, Consul of Guatemala in Del Rio, has called Del Rio home for 5 years. Henceforth he will be known as General Consul, but his promotion comes with a difficult goodbye.