Hurricane Dolly News

A Harlingen IRS office damaged and closed during Hurricane Dolly is set to re-open. The taxpayer assistance center will be located at Star Point Plaza II in Harlingen.

An interesting GIS event in Texas... The city of McAllen, Tex ., is planning to throw their own GIS Day 'party' on Friday, Nov.

Sullivan City is getting a half-a-million-dollar grant to fund improvements to its drainage and flood-control system.

You might call it destiny. Bergen County resident Jeff Parker fell under the spell of South Padre Island, Texas, a long, narrow spit of land in the Gulf of Mexico, 50 years ago, when he and his family lived in the Houston area.

See what AEP Texas does to get ready for the hurricane season and the steps the company takes to restore power following a major storm.

Please join me in encouraging the continued sacrifice and commitment these professionals and volunteers perform routinely to conserve our natural resources.

Hidalgo County Judge J.D. Salinas accepted an appointment to a federal post Friday, ending weeks of speculation about his future in the position he was elected to three years ago.

Matt Robbins is one of Channel 39's Multi-Media Journalists. He joined KIAH two years ago as a photographer.

Construction crews from the Texas Department Of Transportation have begun work on FM 506.

Fifteen months after Hurricane Dolly, debris is still causing problems. A giant crane was called in to try and remove a boat that sank during the storm.

A former Hidalgo County employee accused of stealing building supplies said Tuesday that he has been unjustly caught up in a wave of finger pointing involving public officials.

A budget overrun of $27,000 in the contract with TKO Advertising Inc. was covered by Ruidoso village councilors last week following a recommendation from members of the village Lodgers Tax Committee.

The Brownsville Farmers' Market is on time for a change. Last year's market, Brownsville's first in recent history, was postponed while area farmers waited for their flooded fields to dry out after a soaking from Hurricane Dolly.

The cover of Hidalgo County's 2010 budget book proclaims the county will receive less property tax revenue next year than it did this year.

The hurricane season has yielded a single U.S. landfall, Tropical Storm Claudette, which struck Florida last month.

It's been one year since Hurricane Ike blew in, but many Gulf Coast homeowners are still struggling from the fallout.

Most water from Tuesday night's heavy rain has drained, Assistant City Manager Michelle Leftwich said.

The Cameron County Commissioners court approved a one-penny tax increase and finalized a balanced county budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 on Thursday evening by a 3-2 majority.

A Mercedes man says everytime it rains he worries his roof will cave in and he's been living this way since Hurricane Dolly.

Chuck McDonald said it's the worst year he has had in three decades of farming. Hurricane Dolly swamped the Monte Alto farmer's land last year when he was already reeling from dry conditions.