Texas death toll from February storm, outages surpasses 100
AUSTIN — Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February's winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people — nearly doubling...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in...
Valley family reunites after the year of COVID
SAN BENITO — The Galvan family is numerous and known for having get-togethers where most family members interact. But because of COVID-19 the typical...
Laguna Madre Water District asks customers to conserve water
PORT ISABEL — Some water usage guidelines have been made for residents in the Laguna Madre area.
Laguna Madre Water District (LMWD) officials are asking...
Valley Baptist unveils “Garden of Remembrance”
HARLINGEN — Patty Robles gripped the white stone in her hand, pondering the memory of her aunt who died of COVID-19.
She was one of...
Harlingen, Cameron Co. tapped for virus funding overhaul; New American Rescue Plan fixing CARES...
HARLINGEN — A U.S. Census undercount isn’t costing the area as much as last year’s staggering disparity in federal coronavirus relief funding, local officials...
Abbott emphasizes need to vaccinate seniors as vaccine eligibility set to expand next week
McALLEN — As county officials throughout the Rio Grande Valley continue to push for higher allocations of COVID-19 vaccine doses, Gov. Greg Abbott said...
‘Culpable:’ Yarrington pleads guilty to money laundering
HOUSTON — Tomas Yarrington, former Tamaulipas governor and one-time presidential candidate, pleaded guilty to money laundering before a federal judge here Thursday afternoon.
Shortly before...
Families file wrongful death lawsuit in fatal head-on collision
By NUBIA REYNA and LAURA B. MARTINEZ | The Brownsville Herald
Two families involved in a two-vehicle accident that left a grandmother and her two...
UTRGV offering COVID-19 vaccines to students next week
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to any UTRGV students 16 and older starting Monday, according to a text...