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Ice on roads, power outages cause traffic accidents, street closures
HARLINGEN — City officials are asking residents to stay indoors and off the roadways due to the extreme cold weather conditions, with traffic accidents...
Cold weather forces school closures, remote learning
Due to the cold weather the following school districts will close or operate with remote learning on Monday:
Brownsville ISD schools will be closed on Monday...
2 million without power in Texas as snow storm slams US
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into...
Power outages reported throughout Brownsville
Several power outages are being reported throughout Brownsville and utility officials say some of the outages are weather-related and others are outages initiated by...
Rolling blackouts initiated in Texas
HARLINGEN — The agency that controls the majority of the Texas power grid began rolling blackouts early Monday morning in the midst of unprecedented...
Bill aims to tighten rules on dog restraints
A team of veterinarians and other staff of the Palm Valley Animal Shelter spent nearly an hour last Monday carefully prying out a wire...
ERCOT initiates rotating power outages
Due to the extreme weather conditions, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) entered emergency conditions and initiated rotating outages at 1:25 a.m. today.
ERCOT reports...
Icy road conditions expected tonight in RGV
Couples and individuals planning to head out and celebrate Valentine’s Day this evening are encouraged to be off the roads by 9 p.m. because...
ERCOT asks residents to conserve electricity
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is asking residents to throttle their electricity use over the next few days as cold weather sweeps across...
Winter storm warning continues today
HARLINGEN — Rio Grande Valley residents braced for an outbreak of Arctic air, forecast to push overnight temperatures into the 20s, weather forecasters said...