Alerts BRH

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board has doubled the amount of scholarships it’s giving to eligible students this year through the utility’s Project SHARE Scholarship program.

Early voting in Texas for the presidential primary election runs from Tuesday, Feb. 20 to Friday, March 1.

As part of its mission to serve all students, Brownsville ISD on Wednesday cut the ribbon on a new nursing room in the daycare at Lincoln Park High School for pregnant teenage girls.

Pop culture icon Jennifer Lopez is hitting the road again, with her sights on the Rio Grande Valley.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight children were among 22 people hit by gunfire in a shooting at the end of Wednesday's parade to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win, authorities said, as terrified fans ran for cover and yet another high-profile public event was marred by gun violence. One person was killed.

The Sierra Club and other organizations have filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a stay to prevent construction of the Rio Grande LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant at the Port of Brownsville.

Elon Musk’s rocket-launch and spacecraft company SpaceX is planning a five-level office in South Texas.

A La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang member wanted by federal authorities in Las Vegas on a 34-count indictment that includes allegations of 10 murders over the course of approximately one year has been arrested in the Rio Grande Valley.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.

The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville announced that a priest has been removed from his duties after he was accused of sexual misconduct with a minor.