IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER Teams across the Rio Grande Valley hit the field Monday for the official start of the 2026 football season, with sub-5A teams and 5A/6A squads that did not participate in spring ball holding their first practices of the year. With Week 1 of the regular season just ove...
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The Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation (BCIC) has opened applications for four upcoming eBridge Business Academy cohorts beginning Oct.7.
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R URAL HIDALGO COUNTY — On a particularly humid Thursday morning, Ana Carolina “Caly” Fernandez drove a U-Haul truck full of provisions down the street of a colonia, where she would be delivering food to one of the most impoverished areas in the Rio Grande Valley. With the curren...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As we wrap up another work/school week, many of us will be focused on tonight's high school football games. Our Game of the Week is in Weslaco between the Panthers and the PSJA North Raiders. We are expecting partly cloudy skies and a temperatur...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday that it canceled all Edinburg campus operations, including classes, due to a power outage. The university advised students to check their email for additional information. UTRGV said at ...
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Mission Veterans Memorial’s Roman Reyna, left, drags Los Fresnos Aaron Saldana, right, as he lunges for a score during a game at Tom Landry Stadium Thursday Sept.17, 2026 in Mission. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Mission Veterans Memorial’s Fabian Ruiz, right, with a cat...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The showers in the Thursday forecast stayed mostly offshore, as the atmosphere across the Valley remained relatively dry due to lingering Saharan dust and pockets of dry air. A similar setup is expected on Friday, with rain chances remaining at...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com A celebration born alongside the opening of the Queen Isabella Causeway more than half a century ago is returning to Port Isabel after a 41-year absence. The City of Port Isabel will revive Queen Isabella Days Oct. 3–10, bringing...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com Port Isabel Fire Chief Jim Pigg joins fellow first responders during Monday’s ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Queen Isabella Causeway collapse. The annual observance honors the eight people who died, three surv...
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By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel City Commission moved forward with final action Sept. 10 designating 765.695 acres of Long Island as an industrial district, despite another round of opposition from Long Island Village residents who urged commissioners to ...
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Steve Hathcock is a local historian, treasure hunter, and columnist for the Port Isabel South Padre Press, where he authors “Moments in Time,” a historical collection of recovered Rio Grande Valley newspaper briefs. A member of the Cameron County Historical Commission since 2010,...
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By: Constancio Martinez Jr After suffering a disappointing loss to 3A Rio Hondo (26-21) the previous week, the 4A Port Isabel Tarpons were looking for redemption against the visiting 3A Raymondville Bearkats. What was to be a bounce-back win instead turned out to be a devastating...
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By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Laguna Madre Park men’s softball ball league wrapped up its third week of action this past Wednesday, Sept. 9 with plenty of movement in the standings as teams jockeyed for position and tournament seeding. After three weeks of ...
