Alerts BRH

The Brownsville Independent School District has begun writing next year’s budget to include 2% pay raises for all employees amid an ongoing effort to right-size the district and make good on its pledge to avoid layoffs.

The National Hurricane Center said at 2 p.m. Wednesday that there is a 30% chance of tropical cyclone development in the Bay of Campeche over the next week.

Have you seen the black balls washing up on South Padre Island?

HARLINGEN — Keep that water bottle with you at all times.

The best chef in Texas is from the Rio Grande Valley.

The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation recently announced eight “transformative projects” totaling more than $2.4 million that it is moving forward with.

McALLEN — There was a subtle manic energy you feel walking into Diego’s Farm to Table restaurant along Pecan Avenue in Central McAllen that you may be tempted to yell “yes, chef” when the host asks you to take a seat. Think more “The Bear” Season 2 than the implosive Season 1.

Element Fuel Holdings LLC, headquartered in Addison, announced last Thursday that it has completed site preparation and pre-construction work for a large oil refinery the company is planning to build at the Port of Brownsville.

A Brownsville man is dead from a fatal motorcycle crash on Saturday in what marks the second fatal crash in as many weeks on the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The environmental group SaveRGV announced this week that it had sent a letter to SpaceX providing notice of intent to sue under the Clean Water Act over what SaveRGV says are “numerous ongoing violations of federal law” at the company’s Boca Chica/Starbase launch site.