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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.

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.

New La Joya superintendent gives hard truth for district’s future

LA JOYA — On the same night where La Joya Superintendent Marcey Sorensen had her contract approved, she gave an eye-opening presentation regarding the school district's financial decisions over the last four years, which revealed a $19.5 million budget deficit.

Police detail evidence collection in trial of McAllen man accused of killing Melissa Banda

The trial for 44-year-old Richard Ford, who is accused of kidnapping and murdering his 37-year-old ex-wife Melissa Banda in 2020, continued Thursday with testimony from an investigator who responded to the scene where her body was discovered.

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.

Texas Bar fines Starr County DA for indicting woman with murder over abortion

The State Bar of Texas’ Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel has fined and imposed a probated suspension against Starr County District Attorney Gocha A. Ramirez for indicting a woman who sought an abortion in 2022 on a charge of murder.

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.

Brownsville Besteiro students stage mini parade, react to Biden visit

On the day President Joe Biden visited Brownsville to get a better understanding of problems at the U.S.-Mexico border, two eighth-graders at Besteiro Middle School expressed compassion with the migrants and trust in the president’s process.