LAS CRUCES — The lower Rio Grande is flowing through Doña Ana County once more, following the annual release of river waters captured at the Caballo Lake reservoir, south of Truth or Consequences.

Since the release last Friday, the water has pushed south, pulling debris and sediment from riverbeds that sit dry for a majority of the year as climate change intensifies and long-term drought makes for shorter, drier irrigation seasons .

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