EDITORIAL: More to do: Despite initial actions; border needs attention
President Joe Biden kept his promise to address our nation’s immigration problems immediately upon taking office. Among the 17 executive orders he signed in...
Lawmakers fighting for education funding amid state budget shortfall
Two words pop up anytime you ask someone about how the 87th Texas Legislative Session may affect Rio Grande Valley educators and students: the...
Making History: Three female Valley Marine recruits to train in San Diego
Two young women from Brownsville and one from Harlingen will be members of the first platoon of 60 female U.S. Marine Corps recruits to...
Droughts, high temperatures on the horizon
Get ready for some very dry conditions over the next several months as above average temperatures and below average precipitation are in the forecast.
According...
Costume change: Textile museum merges with BHA
Changes are happening at the Costumes of the Americas Museum in Brownsville.
The museum, which opened in Dean Porter Park in 2005, merged with the...
Brownsville receives $90,000 from partners for broadband access
The City of Brownsville announced during an online press conference on Friday that Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc will donate $75,000 and...
Texas sues Biden administration over deportation memo
The state of Texas sued the Biden administration on the same day a pause on deportations began for “certain noncitizens.”
The lawsuit, filed Friday in...
27 more COVID-19 deaths in the region
Twenty-one more deaths linked to COVID-19 symptoms were confirmed in Hidalgo County on Friday, bringing the death toll to 2,361.
Hidalgo last reported a death...
Vela talks DNC post; RGV congressman tapped as vice chair
It doesn’t take too much imagination to speculate why President Joe Biden tapped U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela Jr. as a vice chairman of the...
All-Metro Football: Teo Ong leaves his mark as defensive player of the year
Brownsville St. Joseph senior defensive back Sean Teo Ong didn’t know anything about football when he first started playing in middle school.
He joined the...