Alerts BRH

SpaceX has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a permit to release an average of up to 200,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into South Bay at Boca Chica.

For some, a famous family member can cast a dark shadow on one’s endeavors.

South Padre Island has announced a multi-year partnership with the five-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs.

The Spanish Club at Hanna Early College High School has put up an altar in the school lobby again this year that pays tribute to teachers who have recently died, part of a growing Day of the Dead tradition at Hanna.

Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr. has been named vice chairman of the policy board of the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization, the federally mandated body overseeing municipal transportation planning in Cameron and Hidalgo counties.

Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville will have a Centennial Celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the hospital, located at 1040 W. Jefferson St. in Brownsville.

Probable cause affidavits for the two men accused of fatally gunning down a San Benito police officer last month say the alleged shooter confessed.

AUSTIN — With days left in the special session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan are trading blows again. This time, they are blaming each other for not passing a controversial immigration enforcement bill requested by Gov. Greg Abbott.

For those rare days the Rio Grande Valley isn’t experiencing extreme heat, some residents bring out a space heater to toast their toes and warm their homes in combat of the cold.

Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh, Nathan Eovaldi threw six gritty innings and the Texas Rangers are World Series champions for the first time in their 63-year franchise history after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.