Alerts BRH

Tuesday is the last day Cameron County residents who want to vote in the Nov. 7 Special Joint Election will be able to register.

Just one day after news broke that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas had greenlit the construction of new border wall in Starr County — waiving 26 federal laws in the process — both local and federal officials have been left with questions.

On a split vote, the Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees has censured Trustee Carlos Elizondo for comments he made during a Sept. 22 meeting during an exchange with board President Jessica G. Gonzalez.

The copious rain that pounded sections of the Rio Grande Valley ahead of the Thursday cold front was great for lawns and other green things, but not enough to improve low reservoir levels up the river.

Despite being declared ineligible to run for Brownsville mayor, Pat Ahumada, former elected official and brief candidate for the position in the May election, was fined $100 by the Texas Ethics Commission for failing to file a campaign treasurer appointment while accepting contributions and making campaign expenditures.

After a group of students from Veterans Memorial Early College High School expressed displeasure at Tuesday’s school board meeting about holding graduation ceremonies at 7:30 a.m., the board decided not to do it after all.