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EDINBURG — Transformational. Unprecedented. Tremendous. A new era.

EDINBURG — Mayors from the Valley’s 47 cities gathered at Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg on Thursday for an RGV Economic Summit.

SARITA — The U.S. Department of Energy is investing $1.2 billion to develop the nation's first two commercial-scale direct air capture facilities here in South Texas, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez said in a news release.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington Thursday in the mailing of a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House.

DALLAS — Texas’ electrical grid operator ERCOT is asking residents and businesses to cut back on energy usage Thursday as the state faces record power demand with extremely high temperatures.

As Labor Day inches nearer, the Texas Department of Transportation is urging drivers to avoid drunk driving.

Any Rio Grande Valley residents who got rained on Tuesday should considered themselves extremely lucky.

HARLINGEN — On a slower part of town away from the busier places sits a restaurant that can appear invisible by its permanence.

Rio Grande Valley advocates played a role this regular state legislative session in the passage of a piece of legislation aimed at aiding the deaf and hard of hearing.

NEW YORK (AP) — The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend, sending bright trails of light streaking across the night sky.