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BPUB recognizes annual Utility Scam Awareness Day

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board (BPUB), in collaboration with Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) will recognize the fifth annual Utility Scam Awareness Day today. Utility...

Chamber of Commerce, Mexican Consulate partner to help small businesses

The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce announced this week they are partnering with the Mexican Consulate to host the 4th annual Spanish-speaking entrepreneur forum to...

HEDC on the hunt for new office space

HARLINGEN — The city’s economic agency has issued a request for proposal for the purchase or lease of new office space somewhere within the city...

Steel could create jobs: Mexico mills may benefit Brownsville

A major steel mill expansion in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, is expected to have a big impact on the Port of Brownsville as a steel...

Retail sales strong, others lagging

Strong retail sales remain one of the few bright spots in the latest report on sales tax revenue from the Texas Comptroller’s Office. Sales tax...

Port chairman hangs on; Reed said he expected a tight race

John Reed was used to running unopposed for his Place 3 commissioner’s seat on the Brownsville Navigation District Board, which governs the Port of...

Downtown board rejects name due to ‘perception issues’

HARLINGEN — The Downtown Improvement District board on Tuesday balked at naming a building in the district it oversees because the words “transitional living...

TxDMV waiver still in effect

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles temporary waiver for titling and registration requirements is in effect, which means that an expired registration sticker shouldn’t...

A&M-Kingsville honors alumnus David Allex

HARLINGEN — The late David Allex, a visionary who spent decades promoting and encouraging the revitalization of the city, has been honored as a...

City’s economic agency ends COVID-19 loan program

HARLINGEN — The city’s financial lifeline to small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 shutdowns and related disruptions provided assistance to 52 entities and issued...