City of Brownsville Chief Information Officer Jorge Cardenas stands next to new 5G network antennas on the roof of City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald) B rownsville’s chief information officer will depart from his post at the end of the week, but said he’s...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — DHR Health is offering a special rate for mammogram screenings through October to help raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Starting Thursday, Oct. 1, through the end of the month, women 40 and older with no symptoms can get a mamm...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Just in time to kick off the fall season, Brownsville Adoption Regulation and Care Center adoption specialist Jordan Wally stopped by our studio on Tuesday with a sweet and spooky black kitten named Oogie Boogie. "He came to us very, very sick,"...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brownsville Fire Department is investigating a fire that destroyed a shed and a three-car garage on Tuesday morning. At approximately 8:20 a.m., firefighters received a report of a possible structure fire near the intersection of Cavazos Roa...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hot weather with isolated sea breeze-influenced showers is in the forecast again today, with highs climbing into the upper 90s and low 100s. Southeast winds are at 5 to 15 mph and feels-like temperatures are warming as high as 110°. The bigger w...
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Emergency vehicles and first responders will be visible at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport on Friday, October 14, 2026, during a full-scale emergency preparedness exercise....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week's edition of Inside Valley Politics, we take a look at the top political headlines in our community. County elections officials were swamped by delayed voter registration applications from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Both...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The hot, humid, and mostly dry weather in the Rio Grande Valley is about to change in a big way by the end of this week. A surge of Pacific moisture moving into Texas, combined with the usual Gulf moisture, will load the atmosphere with plenty ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Chief Meteorologist Bryan Hale spoke with the Texas Department of Transportation about evacuation routes if a hurricane should threaten the region. Ray Pedraza is the Public Information Officer for TxDOT Pharr District, which covers the Rio Gra...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Democratic Party hosted an event in Brownsville on Saturday to introduce nominees to Brownsville voters. Voters gathered at Despecha 2 to learn more about each Democratic nominee. Lieutenant Governor nominee Vicki Goodwin was one of th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) hosted an event to connect and organize against immigration raids and Flock cameras around the Rio Grande Valley. On Saturday, LUPE staff, members, and partner organizations gathered in San Juan to talk about ta...
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F or a while there, it seemed like South Texas’ weather setting had somehow gotten permanently stuck on hotter/drier-than-normal. It’s unstuck now and change is coming — soggier, cooler change. That’s according to the National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley office,...
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S paceX launched Starship Flight 14 from Boca Chica at 7:49 a.m. Monday for an attempt at its first orbital test flight, initially expected to last nearly 10 hours before a planned splashdown in the South Pacific far off the coast of Chile. Attempting orbit nearly didn’t happen a...
