School districts making changes to meal plan distributions
The San Benito school district says parents will now be able to pick up their children meals without having to bring to child to...
Virus expert discusses coronavirus threat
Joseph B. McCormick M.D., an epidemiologist, founder of the UTHealth School of Public Health in Brownsville and one of the world’s top experts on...
5 Harlingen residents among newest coronavirus cases
Cameron County Public Health has received confirmation of six additional cases of COVID-19. These include five individuals from Harlingen, including four males between the...
UTRGV to start drive-thru testing for COVID-19
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday that they will start drive-thru testing for the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 starting Monday...
County may extend mandatory shutdown to daylight hours
The Cameron County Commissioners Court has extended its disaster declaration indefinitely and could expand a mandatory midnight to 5 a.m. public curfew to daytime...
County: Vacationing couple infected with COVID-19
By Diana Eva Maldonado and ALANA HERNANDEZ, Staff Writers
Cameron County officials say a couple who vacationed on South Padre Island for the winter have been...
Brownsville Catholic Diocese suspends Masses
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville has announced that all Masses in the diocese will be suspended until further notice due to the coronavirus or...
Gladys Porter Zoo to remain closed until further notice
Gladys Porter Zoo released the following statement via Facebook:
Effective immediately, the Gladys Porter Zoo will remain closed to the public until further notice.
The health...
Trevino suspends county events; recommends Island events be canceled
Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. announced Saturday that all county-sponsored functions or events expecting more than 250 people will be canceled and/or suspended...
STARGATE incubator schools Mexican entrepreneurs
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hosted a delegation of about 40 entrepreneurs from the Mexican Institute of Petroleum, the National Autonomous University...
