Tag: Rio Grande Valley
High jobless rates lingering here in Valley
HARLINGEN — The unemployment rate in Texas continued to drop in May to 6.5 percent as the state gained 34,400 non-agricultural jobs for the...
Wall rhetoric shadows border economy
By Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune
Shovels stuck out of the dirt this week near Texas’ border with Mexico for a groundbreaking ceremony in Starr...
Nebraska sending state troopers to help at the Texas border
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts plans to send about two dozen state troopers to Texas later this month to help patrol...
Extreme heat headed to the Valley, ‘feel like’ temperatures of 120 degrees
A high pressure system building up in West Texas and northern Mexico will bring excessive heat to the Rio Grande Valley over the next...
All-Valley Sports Awards honor top athletes, coaches, programs
The Rio Grande Valley’s best were honored for their strong performances throughout the 2020-21 athletic year during the All-Valley Sports Awards ceremony, held virtually...
Texas empties prison for immigrants arrested in ramped-up border enforcement
By Reese Oxner | The Texas Tribune
Texas officials have emptied a prison to prepare it to hold immigrants arrested by state troopers as Gov....
Forecaster say there’s a chance of showers today
As weather forecasters continue to monitor the Gulf of Mexico for the possible development of some type of tropical system, the Rio Grande Valley...
Abbott says he’ll ask for donations to build border wall
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
When Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that Texas would build its own border wall, one of the immediate...
US apprehensions of migrants crossing border continue to soar
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times
McALLEN – In the predawn hours one rainy day last week, dozens of Mexicans and Central Americans made their...
Abbott: Texas will build a border wall; State will allocate $1 billion for security
By HEIDI PÉREZ-MORENO, The Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he will build a border wall along the state’s boundary with Mexico — but provided...
