AUSTIN, Texas, June 17 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, I, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issued a disaster proclamation on May 31, 2021, certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the surge of individuals unlawfully crossing the Texas-Mexico border posed an ongoing and imminent threat of disaster for a number of Texas counties and for all state agencies affected by this disaster; and WHEREAS, I amended the aforementioned procla  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57146) involving South Texas Nuclear Plant: * * * Facility: South Texas Region: 4 State: TX Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-4-LP,[2] W-4-LP NRC Notified By: Randall Maus HQ OPS Officer: Natalie Starfish Notification Date: 05/26/2024 Notification Time: 13:52 [ET] Event Date: 05/26/2024 Event Time: 07:20 [CDT] Last Update Date: 06/13/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), a minnow found in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. This recovery plan serves as a roadmap for the conservation of the Arkansas River shiner and its habitat and establishes criteria for delisting the species, originally listed as threatened under the Endangere  more