Army Corps of Engineers work to reduce algae problems ahead of rainy season
Col. Andrew Kelly with the Army Corps of Engineers says they want to get the lake level down now so there won t be algae problems when the rainy season starts.
By: WFTX Digital Team
and last updated 2021-03-12 06:05:45-05
The federal agency that manages the level of Lake O says it s just not dropping as quickly as they would like.
Col. Andrew Kelly with the Army Corps of Engineers says they want to get the lake level down now so there won t be algae problems when the rainy season starts.
Laredoans celebrate Biden s pause on border wall construction, but their work isn t over
Jan. 24, 2021
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A man looks through the first wall at Friendship Park, near where the border separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego meets the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico.Gregory Bull /Associated Press
On President Joe Biden’s first day in office Wednesday, he signed an executive order that terminates the national emergency at the southern border and pauses all construction work on the border wall, beginning no later than a week from its signing.
This marks a huge step toward the primary goal of Laredo’s No Border Wall Coalition, which aimed to hold Biden to his campaign promise that “not another foot” of the border wall would be built under his administration.