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Winter freeze kills at least 3.8 million fish

Last month's winter freeze that lead to fish kills across the Rio Grande Valley and all along the entire Texas coast caused the death...
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Cameron County reports 9 virus deaths

Nine more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Tuesday. All nine deaths were reported in Brownsville, and...

Many local businesses sticking with facial coverings

HARLINGEN — In front of his restaurant, Jose Silva is putting a man at the door to let his customers know he’s still making...

Trying times: Virus expert looks back on year of pandemic

In the mid-1970s epidemiologist Dr. Joseph McCormick was sent by the Center for Disease Control, now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to...

Mixed messages: Governor helps border agents but blocks aid to local cities

Federal agents struggling to keep pace with surging migration on the southern border, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, will soon see an increase...

Cameron County employees, visitors to continue to wear face masks in county buildings

Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. has signed a Fourteenth Emergency Management Order that will require county employees and individuals visiting county buildings to...

Daily COVID-19 case totals are ticking up again in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of COVID-19 cases is climbing again in Texas. Data from Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday showed the two-week rolling...

UTRGV’s Hill named unanimous choice for WAC Coach of the Year

EDINBURG — Late UTRGV men’s basketball has been named the unanimous choice for the Don Haskins Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award,...

PSJA High among four RGV softball teams to earn TGCA statewide rankings

The PSJA High Bears joined a group of four Class 6A Rio Grande Valley high school softball teams that earned statewide rankings in the...

Young mountain lion killed by vehicle in Willacy County

A young male mountain lion was killed crossing I-69E/U.S. 77 overnight last weekend, the fourth confirmed lion found in the Valley in the past...