Valley Morning Star

HARLINGEN — For six months, Valley International Airport officials have been reviewing their aircraft rescue and firefighting services, debating whether to cut ties with the Harlingen Fire Department while considering hiring a private contractor.

A 49-year-old Harlingen man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder for the death of a 32-year-old Corpus Christi woman who went missing in October 2019.

Gladys Porter Zoo has announced the return of its annual Ocelot 5K Run.

The loss last year of the Rio Grande Valley’s billion-dollar sugar cane industry is a major blow to our local economy. Some people might have thought that if anything positive could come from it, freedom from the soot that cane field burns produced meant we no longer would have to worry about dirty air.

Elon Musk recently announced his intention to cut $1 trillion in federal spending through the new Department of Government Efficiency. As the department looks for ways to trim waste, one program that deserves immediate attention is Medicare Advantage.

Zack Martin is retiring after a decorated career that included seven All-Pro seasons at right guard with the Dallas Cowboys, two people with knowledge of the decision said Thursday.

Victor Wembanyama is one of the faces of the NBA, the star of the San Antonio Spurs and already one of the biggest names in basketball.

Adam Burucki had a very peculiar Wednesday morning. Upon arriving at his warehouse in the quaint Polish village of Komorniki, he discovered that a massive chunk of charred rocket debris had crash-landed on his property.

A new study from the Center for Border Economic Studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley concludes that the Trump administration’s use of tariffs as a “central tool of economic and political leverage” has the potential to do serious damage to the economies of the United States, Canada and Mexico, assuming Donald Trump follows through on his threats.

As the cost of eggs in the U.S. surges, more people are attempting to bring eggs across the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities say.