The Brownsville Herald

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Gone fishin’.

The promise of a pound of brisket for the safe return of a missing goat has ballooned into a full-scale search effort, capturing the attention of many throughout the Rio Grande Valley and throughout the state.

The deepening of the 17-mile-long Brownsville Ship Channel that port officials have been arguing for years is essential for the port to remain competitive is finally about to get underway.

Some time back, Raymondville’s vibrant business community had a little bit of everything. Residents said the locals took their pets and some of their farm animals to the two full-time veterinarians in town.

BROWNSVILLE — They checked blood pressure.

AUSTIN (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican's latest aggressive tactic to try to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

A Brownsville man is in police custody after he “walked up to and stabbed” a 45-year-old resident who uses a wheelchair, according to Brownsville Police Department’s Public Information Officer Martin Sandoval.

Operation Border Health Preparedness will provide free health services next week at several locations throughout the Valley, hosted by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and its community partners.

The McAllen City Commission on Monday will consider a request to rezone nearly 100 acres of city-owned southside land from agricultural to light industrial. The change might help facilitate sale of the land to Zoho Corp., a multibillion-dollar global technology company that could create 500 high-tech jobs with salaries starting at $45,000. It also would be a significant development for south McAllen, which many people have said has received too little attention from city planners.

Running an animal shelter the size of Palm Valley Animal Society is dangerous and messy and heartbreaking, and the cost of doing it right is high. Whenever public entities decide that saving money is more important than saving lives, bad things happen. Hidalgo County’s recent exploration into building and running its own intake facility potentially puts it on the path to a worst-case scenario. Meanwhile, McAllen’s recent reinvention of its animal welfare approach shows that smarter strategies can accomplish both goals.