Tag: Rio Grande Valley
US steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump
By BEN FOX Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expanding its effort to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at...
T.S. Nicholas to hit Valley with high winds, heavy rains
A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Rio Grande Valley as Tropical Storm Nicholas arrives around dawn Monday, with the worst of...
The price we paid: 9/11’s impact on Valley immeasurable 20 years later
The nation and the Rio Grande Valley will commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, the first time the tragedy’s been commemorated by...
State agency recommends firms oversee construction of Abbott’s border wall
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
State officials have recommended that a joint venture between a design firm and an engineering firm be awarded...
Forecaster: Rainy days on the way
Get ready for some rainy days in September.
The National Weather Service in Brownsville reports the Rio Grande Valley can expect rainfall beginning on Sunday...
Immigrants send record amounts of money to families in Mexico
Dianne Solis The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS — Money sent to the Mexican homeland by U.S. immigrants is soaring, busting monthly records as that country...
Migrants? Unvaccinated people? Who’s fueling a COVID-19 surge on the border?
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske | Los Angeles Times
MCALLEN – Hundreds of Central American asylum seekers awaited coronavirus test results under tents in a park on...
Cause for concern: Delta variant continues to fill hospitals beyond capacity
HARLINGEN — The numbers keep climbing, the ICUs are overflowing, and the so-called “pandemic of the unvaccinated” continues to push hospitals to the breaking...
Analysis: Losing waiver programs to cost RGV hospitals, nursing homes $180M
Another analysis examining the impacts of the suspension of the 1115 Medicaid Waiver program estimates that Rio Grande Valley hospitals and nursing homes will...
Census: Dramatic growth among Texas Hispanics
Census 2020 shows a rapidly changing Texas, with a huge growth spurt among Hispanic residents occurring over the past decade.
Hispanics now constitute 39.3 percent...
