The Brownsville Herald

The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office is warning people not to fall for fraud schemes in the aftermath of the EF1 tornado that tore through Laguna Heights on May 13 leaving one dead and 11 injured.

HARLINGEN — U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, whose district includes Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Willacy counties and eastern Hidalgo County, and U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky have introduced H.R. 3464, the Affordable Homeownership Access Act.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The recent deaths of an 8-year-old Panamanian girl and 17-year-old boy from Honduras who were under U.S. government supervision have again raised questions about how prepared authorities are to handle medical emergencies suffered by migrants arriving in the U.S., especially as agencies struggle with massive overcrowding at facilities along the southern border.

EDINBURG — The annual Atlantic hurricane season is set to begin next Thursday, ushering in a six-month period where residents need to be on heightened alert and ready to respond to the threat of catastrophic weather.

Forza Steel, headquartered in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, is in the process of building a $60 million manufacturing facility at the Port of Brownsville across State Highway 48 from the Keppel AmFELS yard.

The airport in Harlingen is a true international facility, with airlines that serve destinations outside the continental United States, including Mexico and other counties farther away. It’s even in the name — ValleyInternationalAirport.

When Wendy De Leon started work at United Way of Southern Cameron County in August 2013 — on the first day of fundraising season so it happened — she had no choice but to hit the ground running.

BROWNSVILLE — The parking lot outside the Brownsville Heritage Museum bustled with activity Saturday as passersby walked along the tables piled with items, books and appliances for the Brownsville Historical Association’s Clutter for a Cause fundraising event.

Sun watching may seem like a strange astronomy pastime, but it is our closest star. Watching it rise each morning along the horizon and set each evening may cause you to wonder about the position of our star. Since the first day of spring our star has risen four minutes earlier each day and farther north of east along the horizon. If you drive east on the way to work you probably have noticed that the sun is in a different location than it was a few weeks ago. As you head home in the evening, the sun sets farther north of west until the first day of summer.

The Brownsville Police Department is investigating the death of a man who was found on the side of a road on Saturday morning.