Long-time Charro Days participants take walk down memory lane
In the times before COVID-19, this week would have been very different. Thousands of Brownsville and Matamoros residents would be getting dressed up with...
US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after...
In Texas, attention turns to storm repairs, political peril
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — The seam that split in a pipe under Nora Espinoza's sink during the frigid cold that gripped...
Harlingen begins sheltering Central American migrants; shelter finds 8 positive for COVID-19
HARLINGEN — Central American migrants are beginning to stop at a city shelter as they seek asylum in the United States.
Last week, the U.S....
UT Health RGV removes residency check from vaccination process
EDINBURG — UT Health RGV has updated its COVID-19 vaccination procedures after preventing several undocumented persons who qualified for the shot under state guidelines...
US attorney for southern district resigns
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas announced he was resigning, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
On Monday, Ryan...
Grid taxed by demand; BPUB chief details outage challenges
Rolling blackouts are one thing. Sitting in an unheated house or apartment for days in a row while the temperature outside hovers at or...
McAllen to meet with federal health officials over migrant concerns
McAllen city leaders are scheduled to meet with federal health officials Wednesday following a call from the White House regarding the release of asylum...
17 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Cameron County
Seventeen more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Monday afternoon.
This raises the total number of COVID-19 related...
City of Port Isabel continues water giveaways
PORT ISABEL — From electricity outages to boil water notices, residents and visitors of the Laguna Madre area have been facing several obstacles created by...