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Brownsville ISD gearing up for 40th annual soccer tournament

There is no doubt Brownsville ISD has become the Valley’s hotbed for soccer over the past two decades. The six-team school district is home...

NextDecade signs sale agreements: LNG sees investment decision this quarter

Houston-based NextDecade Corporation says it expects to make a decision the first quarter of this year whether to build the first phase of its...

CBP officers report 19% uptick in cocaine seized, 177% of “inadmissibles”

A report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that there was a significant increase in narcotics, unreported currency, weapons and numerous immigration...

Officials: Man arrested on parole violation had murdered his mother

A 61-year-old man found wandering along Highway 281 in La Feria on New Year’s Day had been sought on a warrant charging him with...

Sales tax revenue up 10.5 percent for December

State sales tax revenue totaled $3.93 billion in December, 10.5 percent more than December 2021. The majority of December sales tax revenue is based on...

Biden says he intends to visit the US-Mexico border

By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border...

Cameron County commissioner and pharmacist warns COVID is still very much active

COVID is still around, and all you have to do is watch the news or read the newspapers to know that at least 400 to 500 people a day in the United State is dying of coronavirus or coronavirus related issues, said David A. Garza, precinct 3 Cameron County commissioner.

Vexus Fiber delivering high-speed internet in McAllen, Harlingen

Lubbock-based Vexus Fiber has announced it is rolling out a high-speed fiber optic network in the Rio Grande Valley.

5 lanchas, 22 crew members apprehended in gulf

The Coast Guard interdicted five lanchas and 22 crew members and seized 590 pounds of illegally caught fish in federal waters off southern Texas on Thursday.

McCarthy fails in two votes for House speaker, not conceding

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in two rounds of voting to become House speaker Tuesday, a historic defeat with no clear way out as House Republicans dug in for a long, messy start for the new Congress.