Y ears before President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, there had already been talk about a so-called “red wave” washing over the historically Democratic Rio Grande Valley. Trump’s success in all Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties appeared to validate those predictions. How...
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A South Texas agricultural employer is in its fourth year of hiring foreign workers for its farming and packing operations under the H-2A visa program. This year, they’re planning to expand their H-2A workforce by over 40%. “We don’t have enough local workers to do the work on th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Escobares Police Department is investigating a body found floating in the Rio Grande on Thursday. U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered the dead man floating in the river while conducting a boat patrol operation. Interim Police Chief Jesse Al...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Valley on Friday morning saw isolated shower activity. Coverage continues all day at 20%, with lower chances over the weekend. It won't be a washout, so don't cancel those Friday night/ weekend plans! Activity also won't be severe but the mo...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's week five of high school football and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. ON VALLEYCENTRAL+: Watch live high school football games on ValleyCentral+ Sports Director Megan Murray and Sport Reporters Brett Holmes and Noa...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The current weather pattern will continue through Friday and into the weekend, bringing above-normal temperatures, a persistent east wind, and the occasional light shower. Rain chances will gradually decrease over the weekend, with fewer shower...
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By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, Sept. 18 the (1-2) Port Isabel Tarpons kicked off their district schedule with a road trip to Corpus Christi to take on the (2-1) CC London Pirates. The matchup marked the first meeting between the two teams. Ente...
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By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS The South Padre Island Planning and Zoning Commission voted Sept. 17 to recommend that City Council leave Zoning District C regulations unchanged, retracting a previous recommendation concerning changes to the district. The vote followed a...
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San Benito Police Lt. Milton Resendez was fatally shot in October 2023 during a pursuit that began on South Padre Island. A jury has been selected in the capital murder trial of Rogelio Martinez Jr., who is accused in Resendez’s death. (C ourtesy photo/San Benito Police Departmen...
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Guests gather under a tent during last year’s Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church Bazaar in Port Isabel. The annual fundraiser returns Sept. 26–27 with food, live music, games and raffles. (courtesy photo/Victor Baldovinos ) Special to the PRESS Our Lady Star of the Sea Cath...
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T he Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation now offers online tools to help property owners know whether their buildings have existing historical designations and, if so, how to potentially take advantage of federal and/or state historic tax credits before beginning rehabi...
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B ROWNSVILLE — City commissioners on Tuesday filled most of the positions on the Environmental and Conversation Task Force that will develop policies on data centers. This follows a Sept. 1 vote to move forward with the process of creating a temporary moratorium on data centers w...
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Maria Guadalupe Nelson A Los Fresnos woman was arrested Wednesday after authorities discovered she was allegedly involved in delivering narcotics to an inmate at a Texas state jail. Maria Guadalupe Nelson, 68, was booked at the Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center an...
