Biden selects Brownsville native for White House staff
Brownsville native Adrian Saenz was appointed by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement, a role in...
SPI extends beach operations orde
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — While on the beach of this coastal city, the public will still need to continue following these rules that were...
EDITORIAL: Looking up: SpaceX developments hint at better future for Valley
The selection of the Rio Grande Valley as a site for development and launches of SpaceX rockets has always been celebrated as a boon...
Commission approves item to let residents vote on term limits
During a city commission meeting on Tuesday, elected officials approved an item that will let citizens decide to have term limits on the mayor...
Pandemic keeps gas prices very low; Forecast sees pricier rates, eventually
It feels wrong to use “silver lining” and “global pandemic” in the same sentence, though one slightly less terrible aspect of the terrible year...
Hospitals initiate restricted visitor policies
Valley Regional Medical Center and Valley Baptist Medical Center have initiated restricted visitor policies to safeguard their patients, staff and physicians. Both hospitals will...
EDITORIAL: Looking ahead: With tough year behind us, we have reason for optimism
For many people, 2020 couldn’t end soon enough. Most people will always remember it as a year of challenges, with the global COVID-19 pandemic,...
SpaceX’s Starship program racks up wins in 2020
It was a year of milestones for SpaceX’s Starship development program at Boca Chica, most recently on Dec. 9, when the SN8 achieved the...
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots growing
Two gigantic jackpots are lurking in the Texas Lottery, both multi-state games that offer grand prizes worth hundreds of millions of dollars and secondary...
UTRGV exhausts its 900 COVID-19 vaccines
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has run out of its Moderna vaccine, halting vaccinations at several locations this week.
According to a university...