Tag: Combes

PALM VALLEY — After struggling through years of heavy flooding, officials here are launching a $1.9 million drainage project after a judge denied the Harlingen Country Club's request for a temporary restraining order arguing plans would damage its golf course.

BROWNSVILLE — Tax bills are hitting the mailboxes.

EDINBURG — "This is a transformational investment," U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, told a gaggle of press here on Friday about a historic federal investment in infrastructure projects.

Silvestre Garcia was sworn-in as the mayor of Combes by Juan A. Magallanes, State District Judge of the 357th Court, on Tuesday.

Here's a rundown of the May 6, 2023 elections in Hidalgo County and Cameron County cities, school districts and local entities.

Twenty elections for cities, school districts and other entities in the Rio Grande Valley have as of Monday drawn more than 20,000 voters over the course of seven days during early voting.

COMBES — Police here are investigating the deaths of two men found in a room behind a Staton Street home.

Cameron County Drainage District No. 5 and the City of Combes, working with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, have submitted a Community Project Funding application in the amount of $1.6 million to make drainage improvements in Combes.

The Texas General Land Office has announced more than $18.5 million in disaster relief funding that will aid communities across the Rio Grande Valley affected by the floods of 2019.

A two-vehicle crash in Combes early Saturday morning ended with one person dead and another charged with intoxication manslaughter as state troopers continue to investigate the incident.