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Brownsville ISD names United Healthcare to administer health plan

After hearing presentations from five finalists, Brownsville Independent School District trustees named United Healthcare as the third-party administrator for the district’s $54 million self-funded health insurance plan and authorized the administration to negotiate a contract.

There’s a major career fair slated for job seekers in Brownsville this week

What the city of Brownsville and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation are calling the biggest career fair in South Texas is scheduled for Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

FAA removes grounding for RGV commercial flights

All commercial flights in the Rio Grande Valley are currently grounded, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Brownsville teen charged with murder for fatal stabbing

A 19-year-old Brownsville man has been charged with murder following a fatal early morning stabbing on Sunday.

UTRGV to raise minimum wage for all full-time employees

Employees at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley who get paid minimum wage will see an extra $3.25 per hour added to their pay rate at the end of the year.

Grave matters: Old City Cemetery sees improvements

Navigating Brownsville’s Old City Cemetery is easier now thanks to new ceramic tile block markers to replace the old concrete markers, many of them barely legible or missing entirely.

Texas Film Roundup wants your old home movies for archives

Those untouched home videos and film reels hidden away in closets across the Rio Grande Valley — there are gems inside.

A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to the US border. Now...

MATAMOROS (AP) — During the weeks it took Yeison and Niko to migrate from Venezuela toward the U.S., they navigated dangerous jungles and over a dead body. The two are so inseparable that Yeison sold his phone so both had enough bus money to continue their journey.

Late score ends Cardinals’ unbeaten streak

ROMA — Laredo United running back Santiago Salce punched in the go-ahead score from 1 yard with less than a minute to go, and...