The City of Del Rio City Council officially adopted its 2025 Water Master Plan, Wastewater Planning Actions, and Master Watershed Study/Storm Drainage Design Manual on May 27, 2025. This significant step was formalized through the approval of several resolutions, including R:2025-086 for the Water Master Plan, R:2025-087 for the Wastewater Planning Actions, R:2025-088 for the Master Watershed Study, and R:2025-091 for the Storm Drainage Design Manual. These documents are inte

The City of Del Rio council members voted to enact "Noise and Sound Level Regulations" on Tuesday, which outlines unacceptable noise levels partly on the basis of their decibel measurement, though primarily on the judgement of individual officers' "common sense". The ordinance also provides city police officers the power to enforce the regulation whenever such a nuisance is reported.

The next bridge item on the city council agenda, Chavez explained, “I just want to mention that in tonight’s city council meeting, we do have an amendment to the agreement we had with RRP which is our consultants working on the 2nd international bridge. The amendment that we bring forward is to increase their work for an awareness campaign in the amount of $107,610. If you recall a few months ago, we came to the bridge board asking for an additional $25,000 to have a marketin

On Friday May 16th, the entirety of the City of Del Rio government, from City Hall to Parks and Recreation (minus essential services like 911), shut down for a day of team-building activities and morale boosting ahead of the busy summer season. Dubbed ‘Staff Development Day’, the full schedule of events took place at Rotary Park and the nearby Casa de la Cultura.

The City of Del Rio is considering enacting an ordinance, or local law, that would define how loud certain noises, like car mufflers or backyard music, can be before they’re considered a nuisance. The ordinance would also provide a clear guide for the enforcement of the code by officers. The City says its goal is to promote public comfort and health with the acceptance of this ordinance.

This week, Connect Del Rio has a brief continuation of the Hamilton Well vs. New Well story… Del Rio’s water crisis is evolving into an overarching issue about sustainability. Can the city sustain its population growth, conserve groundwater resources, and guarantee financial viability for residents, all at the same time? The way local government solves the water crisis will determine the answers.

Your city council round-up from the meeting that took place on May 13, 2025! See this stunning and easy to read visual summary of the City of Del Rio City Council Meeting.

The San Felipe Springs Golf Course has struggled with profitability for years, profits steadily declining since the City of Del Rio acquired ownership in 2015. Major golf course improvements are required, but the municipal business is not profitable enough to reinvest in itself. The San Felipe Spring Golf course has been kept up by money from the city’s General Fund for years. To prevent shutdown or emergency sale, the city is making big changes.

After months of inquiry, answers have finally been uncovered about the Del Rio municipal water well debate. The city is taking strides to solve the water crisis quickly, however, their plan of action has been questioned. Connect Del Rio has followed the story since first hearing Ronda Hargrove raise citizen concerns to City Council in February 2025… Why is the city taking on debt to construct a new $12.8 million-dollar well instead of utilizing the existing city-owned Hamilto

“As of April 16, the Rio Grande, the Lower Rio Grande, was declared an ‘Endangered River’ by the American Rivers Organization,” said Jessie F. Fuentes during the Southwest Water Coalition on Friday afternoon, April 25. He informed the group, “of the 10 rivers that have been declared endangered, the Rio Grande is # 5.

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

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.