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Starbase general manager discusses future plans at invite-only Brownsville event

Starbase General Manager Kathy Lueders said Tuesday that SpaceX’s plan is to make the company’s Boca Chica complex its “premier manufacturing, launching and operational center for our Starship.”

Giant altar in Mercedes honors Virgin Mary for Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe

MERCEDES — Father Rene Angel of Sacred Heart Catholic Church has found a new use for the enormous altar he had made for Día De Los Muertos.

San Benito economic arm launches search for director

SAN BENITO — The San Benito Economic Development Corporation’s new board of directors is searching for the agency’s next director, hoping to stop the high turnover rate that’s eaten into the department for more than 10 years.

Lost tortoise in North Texas travels 50 miles, spurs frantic four-county weeklong search for...

A week before Thanksgiving, Hoss, a 35-pound sulcata tortoise, slips his enclosure at Sam and Christy Wheeler’s 24-acre farm in unincorporated Hood County, and after roaming the neighborhood for three days, finds his way to Glen Rose Highway, a half mile away.

US Rep. Vicente Gonzalez announces reelection

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, announced on Monday that he will seek another term in Congress.

Harlingen District 2 neighborhood watch hosting toy drive

Harlingen District 2’s neighborhood watch program is busy collecting toys for its holiday giveaway.

Primera festival to feature ice skating rink

An ice skating rink is coming to Primera as part of the city’s second annual Winter Festival.

TSTC Dental Hygiene students give presentation at area elementary school about tobacco’s effects on...

HARLINGEN — Some Texas State Technical College Dental Hygiene students recently gave a community outreach presentation to a group of Lyford Elementary School fifth graders about the negative effects of tobacco on oral health.

Zach Wilson leads Jets to 30-6 win over Texans in return. C.J. Stroud leaves...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes in his return from a two-game benching, New York shut down C.J. Stroud before Houston's star rookie quarterback left late with a concussion and the Jets ended a five-game losing streak with a 30-6 victory over the Texans on Sunday.

TSTC graduates celebrate culmination of college journey at fall commencement

HARLINGEN — Cheers rang out at the South Padre Island Convention Center for more than 240 graduates as they walked across the stage and received certificates of completion or associate degrees at Texas State Technical College’s Fall 2023 Commencement held Tuesday, Dec. 5.