City leaders look to set up rocket launch viewing center in place of old...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — A city eyesore is now considered an ideal location for a SpaceX rocket launch viewing center.The idea of the city...
Rocket firm expects to be ready to launch in 2018
BROWNSVILLE — At some point in the future, rockets will tower over the SpaceX launch site at Boca Chica Beach.Until that happens, the only...
Brownsville plans airport overhaul
BROWNSVILLE — Mayor Tony Martinez has announced that Brownsville is planning to build a new Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport terminal to expand its...
Vela prompts largest turnout for ‘Coffee With’ session
SAN BENITO — U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela said entering Congress was like entering his freshman year of college. “When I was first elected to...
Innovative RGV reef aims to boost fish populations
Thanks largely to the efforts of a three-man nonprofit organization calling itself “Friends of RGV Reef,” an unprecedented project to boost fish populations along...
International collaboration proves Einstein correct
BROWNSVILLE – With a little help from UTRGV, scientists have detected gravitational waves, ripples through the fabric of spacetime, experimentally verifying Albert Einstein’s last...
UTRGV physicists helps observe gravitational waves
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) scientists have detected gravitational waves, ripples through the fabric of spacetime, experimentally verifying Albert Einstein’s last prediction of general...
State Senate leader tours Valley’s transportation systems
HARLINGEN — The Valley’s transportation infrastructure was on display last week during an intensive, four-day visit by the chair of one of the Texas...
Cascos: Valley’s growth ‘encouraging’
MERCEDES — “Encouraging.”Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos spoke simply this past week when expressing enthusiasm over the continued progress his native Rio Grande...
Padre Island Highway location also on list
BROWNSVILLE — The Walmart Supercenter at 7480 Padre Island Highway in Brownsville is among dozens of locations around the country that will close permanently,...