The Brownsville Herald

Icy road conditions expected tonight in RGV

Couples and individuals planning to head out and celebrate Valentine’s Day this evening are encouraged to be off the roads by 9 p.m. because...

ERCOT asks residents to conserve electricity

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is asking residents to throttle their electricity use over the next few days as cold weather sweeps across...

Winter storm warning continues today

HARLINGEN — Rio Grande Valley residents braced for an outbreak of Arctic air, forecast to push overnight temperatures into the 20s, weather forecasters said...

History of abuse for Mexican police unit in migrant massacre

By ALFREDO PEÑA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — When state police in northern Mexico allegedly shot 19 people, including at...

Preparing for families: More asylum seekers expected in Brownsville

The number of asylum seekers arriving in Brownsville has been at a continuous increase for the past couple of weeks. Sergio Cordova, co-founder at Team...

Community Effort: City of Brownsville, volunteers administer 1,000 doses

The day dawned rainy and cold for the City of Brownsville’s second COVID-19 drive-through vaccine clinic for individuals 65 and older outside the ITEC...

Expert rates vaccine rollout; Says stick with precautions to beat virus

Any semblance of a return to pre-pandemic normality is still months away, though there is a way to hurry it along, and that is...

Are casinos coming to Texas? Gambling industry eyes state

By Bob Sechler, Austin American-Statesman A push by Las Vegas Sands to legalize casinos in Texas is moving forward, despite odds of success that appeared to...

Tax numbers show strong holiday sales for most

HARLINGEN — The majority of the Valley’s big cities had a retail holiday season to remember, pandemic or no pandemic. December sales tax allocations statewide...

NWS: Dangerous, life-threatening weather expected Monday

“Do not, do not, do not go out Monday morning,” warned National Weather Service forecasters in Brownsville after upcoming worst-case weather scenarios were confirmed...