SpaceX launches the NROL-97 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office on Oct. 1, 2026. This was the first NRO payload to fly onboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Oct. 1, 12:21 a.m. EDT (0421 UTC): SpaceX landed its two side boosters. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week six of high school football and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. Sports Director Megan Murray and Sport Reporters Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you highlights for Hidalgo at La Villa and Gregory Por...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The H-E-B Feast of Sharing is returning to the Rio Grande Valley. The annual event brings families, friends, and neighbors across Texas for a holiday feast. This year, H-E-B is hosting 27 feasts in Texas and Mexico, including the Rio Grande Val...
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(Port Isabel team captains Tristan Green, Alvaro Rocha, Bryan Ramirez, and Grayson Estes pregame coin toss, PI vs La Grulla. September 25, 2026. Picture by Constancio Martinez Jr) By: Constancio Martinez Jr This past Friday, Sept. 25 the (1-3) Port Isabel Tarpons hosted the visit...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Vice President JD Vance join Saronic Technologies executives and Port of Brownsville officials during Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the $3 billion Port Alpha shipyard. The project is expected to create up to 10,000 direct jobs in the region. (...
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The Queen Isabella statue in Port Isabel wears a jeweled crown ahead of the return of Queen Isabella Days, set for Oct. 3–10. The celebration is returning for the first time in 41 years as the city looks ahead to its centennial in 2028. (Courtesy photo/ City of Port Isabel) By DI...
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By DIANTÉ MARIGNY editor@portisabelsouthpadre. com For residents of the Laguna Madre, the sight of a towering Starship rising from the southern horizon has become increasingly familiar. But Monday morning was different. Crowds gathered along South Padre Island, in Port Isabel and...
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By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Port Isabel city commissioners considered budget and tax measures, cemetery regulations and a request for a temporary Highway 100 and causeway closure during their Sept. 22 regular meeting. The closure request, Resolution No. 09-08-2026-02...
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S trong thunderstorms tonight into Friday and flash flooding risk late today into early next week across parts of South Texas are in the forecast, according to an early morning bulletin from the National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley office. “A favorable weather p...
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M cALLEN — Despite the humidity Tuesday evening, local officials, healthcare workers and community leaders gathered together to celebrate a milestone in cancer care in the region. With fans in hand swaying back and forth people stood side by side as Texas Oncology officially open...
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T he state is handing out its new report cards, showing the San Benito and Harlingen school districts are closing in on higher grades. While the Harlingen school district is climbing up the “B” scale, with eight campuses landing “A” marks, the San Benito school district’s notched...
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T he Brownsville Public Utilities Board is hosting a party and everybody is welcome. The Big Public Utilities Bash, a free family event, takes place Friday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at BPUB headquarters, 1425 Robinhood Dr., in recognition of Public Power Month. BPUB said it will giv...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Hundreds of AEP Texas customers in Starr and Hidalgo counties are without power. Starr County 9:32 p.m. Approximately 339 customers in Starr County are without power. AEP Texas is reporting that power will be restored in Starr County at 2 a.m. ...
