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City Manager Proposes Budget Without Layoffs After Month of Pushback; Funding Cuts Planned Elsewhere
For more than a month, city employees have been waiting and wondering if they are one of the 22 full-time employees and 4 part-time employees slated for layoffs. Pushback from City staff and the City Council has pressured City Manager Shawna Burkhart to create a version of the budget without layoffs.
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Pro Bull Riders Meet with Fans Ahead of Main Event Saturday. Here's Where to Get Tickets and Meet Them Next
Leading up to the Del Rio Invitational bull riding event on Saturday at the Val Verde County Fair Grounds, pro bull riders are inviting rodeo fans young and old to come tip their hat and meet them at various meet-and-greets around Del Rio.

Eddie Martinez
Sep 12, 20252 min read


The Stakes are High, But Their Spirits Are Higher: DRHS Cheerleaders Confident They Can Raise $65,000 This Year
Ask any parent of a school cheerleader and they’ll tell you: cheer isn’t like other sports. It’s a year-round hustle filled with football games in the fall, baseball games in the spring, camps and competitions, and the many community events in between. If this sounds exhausting to you, hold on to your pom-poms, because it’s also expensive.

Eddie Martinez
Sep 11, 20254 min read


Photos: Del Rio Comic-Con September 2025
Another one for the nerds, the weebs, and the cosplayers! Del Rio continued to embrace fandom culture at Del Rio Comic-Con on September 6th & 7th, which hosted celebrity guests from the pro wrestling and fantasy TV worlds, and featured a slew of vendors with fandom wares and merch that would make any fanboy happy.

Eddie Martinez
Sep 11, 20251 min read


Del Rio News Network Announces DRN25: Evening News
As we work to recover from our newspaper and implement our original goals when I first started this business; we continue to push our belief that we are leading the digital change. With this comes new shows and revolutionary ways (locally) to better provide you with information.

Willard Jenkins
Sep 10, 20252 min read


Panels and Pros: The State of Texas Wants Your Small Business to Grow at this Summit in Eagle Pass
When: September 11, 2025 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Where: International Center for Trade, 3295 Bob Rogers Dr., Eagle Pass, TX 78852 About the...

Eddie Martinez
Sep 9, 20251 min read


SFDR-CISD and Val Verde County Share New Details and Documents on $50M Bond Election
Val Verde County voters will decide the outcome of a proposed $50 million bond for the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (SFDR-CISD) in a special constitutional amendment election on November 4, 2025. The bond is intended to fund major infrastructure improvements at four schools: Bobby Barrera Elementary, Del Rio Freshman, San Felipe Middle, and Buena Vista Elementary.

Stevie Quilo
Sep 6, 20254 min read


Undocumented Immigrants Found Hiding in Tool Box in Eagle Pass, says US Border Patrol
According to the official Facebook account of the United States Border Patrol Del Rio Sector, three undocumented immigrants were found and taken into custody by USBP agents outside of Dollar Tree on Gibbs Street on Wednesday, September 3rd. The two adult males and one adult female were concealed inside a large tool chest being transported on the bed of a pickup-truck.

Eddie Martinez
Sep 3, 20251 min read


Youth Cadets Take First Flight After 10-Year Civil Air Patrol Hiatus
After a decade-long hiatus, the U.S. Air Force Civil Air Patrol is back in Del Rio. The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) program provides students, 12 to 18 years old, with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in aerospace engineering, mechanics, safety, and pilot training. The Del Rio Cadet Flight reestablished themselves this Spring 2025 and took their first youth cadet flights out of the Del Rio International Airport on August 24. Three successful flights familiarized partici

Stevie Quilo
Sep 3, 20254 min read


Sept. Art Walk at Lee-Bunch Studio Gallery
When I paint, I feel like nothing else matters says Nan, and I can just live in the color and line of the moment. Nan Henke of Fredericksburg, TX. is the multi-media, featured artist for Lee-Bunch Studio Gallery, located at 100 W. Greenwood, for the September 5th First Friday Art Walk and artist reception from 7:00 pm to 10:00pm.

Del Rio News Network
Sep 2, 20252 min read


Del Rio Football Appears in Emotional Season Opener at Kerrville Tivy Commemorating Response to July’s Disastrous Flood
On Friday, Del Rio Rams Varsity football travelled to Kerrville, near the epicenter of devastating flooding in July that claimed at least 138 lives, including 27 young girls at summer camp Camp Mystic.

Eddie Martinez
Aug 30, 20253 min read
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