Nine-hole short course added to budget; Proposal’s deficit swells to $1.3 million
HARLINGEN — Reopening the Tony Butler Golf Course’s nine-hole short course will tack about $390,000 to the city’s proposed $49.7 million general fund budget...
Federal judge recommends lawsuit filed against sheriff be returned to state district court
A U.S. Magistrate Judge wants Cameron County Commissioners Court Legal Division to explain why a TRO lawsuit it filed against Sheriff Eric Garza should...
Texas Democrats’ decampment has echoes of 2003 redistricting fight
By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
The year was 2003, and the cramped Speaker’s Committee Room next to the Texas House floor was overflowing...
Texas Senate approves limits on transgender athletes
By Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune
Amid their Democratic colleagues’ push to halt GOP priority voting legislation, Senate Republicans passed two bills on Wednesday that...
FAA warns SpaceX: Agency says it may not approve launch tower
A 480-foot-tall Starship launch tower SpaceX is building at Boca Chica Beach might have to go, depending on the results of an ongoing Federal...
Sea turtle nesting season inches closer to halfway mark
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Another set of sea turtle hatchlings were active and ready bright and early in the morning to begin their journey...
Summer Day Trips: Family-friendly places to visit around the Valley
Now that children are out of school and on vacation, families have many places to choose from around the Rio Grande Valley to spend...
Recent St. Mary’s University graduate credits tennis for molding her
HARLINGEN – It was the tennis.
Grace Bell gives a shout-out to the sport that has molded her focus and discipline and empowered her sense...
Help wanted, seriously: Businesses struggling with shortage of workers
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said back in March that the state is open for business again after the pandemic, though it might not be...
San Benito mulls trimming tax rate, holding off water rate hike
SAN BENITO — Climbing revenues stemming from property reappraisals could lead city commissioners to consider trimming the tax rate while officials might even hold...