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LETTER: Angels on earth

Last week my parents, Jesus and Lily Abete, received their first COVID-19 vaccine offered by BTXCARES.COM at the old Amigoland site. They wanted me to publicly...

LETTER: Renewables are unreliable

Texas is now the biggest wind energy producer in the USA with more than25,000 megawatts of capacity (enough for at least 5 million homes),...

Gladys Porter Zoo brings back 7-day schedule

Get ready, Rio Grande Valley kids. Gladys Porter Zoo announced Thursday that the zoo will be open from March 4 through April 4, seven...

Businesses to decide face mask use, some worry they’ll lose customers either way

As small-business owners and managers across Texas went to work Wednesday morning, they faced yet another 2021 headache: deal with losing business from customers...

6 men found dead in cartel-type vests near Reynosa

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in Tamaulipas said Wednesday that six men wearing vests with the initials of a notorious drug cartel have...

Five Cameron County cities holding vaccination clinics

SAN BENITO — Cameron County’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution network is expanding. This week, the cities of San Benito, Port Isabel, La Feria, Santa Rosa and...

ERCOT CEO fired after deadly February blackouts

AUSTIN — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas fired its embattled CEO late Wednesday on the same day a congressional oversight panel launched an...

Welcome to Starbase: SpaceX floats idea to incorporate, rename Boca Chica Village

Compared to establishing a human settlement on Mars, incorporating a city in Texas sounds like a piece of cake — still, there are rules. SpaceX...

USDA issues disaster designation for Valley ag producers

Agriculture producers in the Rio Grande Valley can now receive federal assistance for losses suffered during last month’s winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott announced...

State ramps up enforcement as human smuggling spikes at border

As human smuggling efforts are spiking at the border, so too are state and federal enforcement operations. Recent remarks from local and state officials indicate...