Cameron County sheriff’s race poised for runoff election
The Democratic primary for the top lawman for the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office was tight Tuesday night with no candidate taking more than 50% of the vote with 70% of precincts reported.
Valley leaders blast feds on failed Mexican water deliveries
SANTA ROSA — Standing in the shadows of the last sugar mill in Texas on a foggy Monday morning, local leaders didn’t mince words on the many failures that have led to its recent closure. Nor did they waste time in calling for immediate action from federal authorities to avert further disaster.
SpaceX, TPWD Boca Chica land swap approved despite opposition
During a special meeting Monday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to authorize TPWD Executive Director David Yoskowitz to pursue acquisition of about 477 acres near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge-Bahia Grande Unit in exchange for approximately 43 acres from Boca Chica State Park.
Voter turnout low in the Valley as Republican early votes grow
Hidalgo and Cameron counties combined for over 58,000 ballots cast during early voting but were still behind the numbers in the last presidential primaries with both counties experiencing a decrease in Democratic votes and an increase in Republican votes.
Primera man charged with killing mother to seek insanity defense
A 19-year-old Primera man accused of fatally stabbing his mother and stabbing his father will be seeking an insanity defense.
McAllen doc, Edinburg medical assistant convicted of healthcare fraud
A federal jury convicted a McAllen doctor and an Edinburg medical assistant following three hours of deliberations on Friday in a multimillion dollar healthcare fraud scheme.
Harlingen’s Café 406 strong as ever after burglary
HARLINGEN — The bagel lies open and beckons the hunger, teasing the eye and the appetite with its egg and sausage and jalapeno and salsa and…
‘Echo’ actor Dannie McCallum’s origin story starts in Edinburg
Dannie McCallum's origin story begins in Edinburg.
President Joe Biden argues for border bill passage in Brownsville visit
Speaking at the Brownsville Border Patrol Station in Olmito on Thursday, President Joe Biden argued forcefully for the U.S. Senate to reconsider a bipartisan border security and immigration bill that collapsed in the Senate earlier this month.
Calls on federal officials to demand Mexico release water to Valley in crisis grow
The region’s water shortage spurring Texas’ last sugar mill to close, tearing as much as $100 million out of the economy while cutting about 500 jobs here, is leading U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, and former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, a Republican, to blame federal officials for failing to demand Mexico comply with a treaty requiring it share reservoir supplies as farmers struggle to survive.