By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, Aug. 27 the Port Isabel Tarpons beat the La Joya Palmview Lobos in the season’s opener, 36-21. It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but the Tarpons did enough to secure the win in this first-ever meeting between the two schools. Th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Week 8 of High School Football, Valley Sports Central has nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are Harlingen, Weslaco East and Los Fresnos. This week, the Cardinals went into pharr and knocked off the valley's top-ranked t...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The 2026 midterm elections are just around the corner. A number of federal, state and local races are on the ballot. Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 19, and will continue through Friday, Oct. 30. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. ValleyCentral h...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Ahead of early voting, the candidates for State House District 41 sat down with Inside Valley Politics to discuss the issues. Republican nominee Gary Groves and Democrat Julio Salinas spoke at length about property taxes in the larger conversati...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On this week’s edition of ValleyCentral Weekend Report, Anchor Alejandra Yanez breaks down all the news of the week. Starting with the biggest stories of the week, in case you missed them. Actor and advocate RJ Mitte died this week at the age of...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week eight of high school football and the Valley Sports Central team has your highlights on Overtime. Sports Director Megan Murray and Sports Reporters Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you live coverage from PSJA at Brownsville Ve...
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By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune E DINBURG — The grills were firing ahead of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s football game Saturday when a woman in UTRGV orange came out from under her tailgate tent to greet Bobby Pulido. She had been to one of his concerts year...
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The holiday spirit returns to Brownsville as the 74th Annual Christmas Parade lights up the streets with festive floats and holiday cheer on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 7:00 PM....
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Downtown Brownsville lit up with festive cheer as thousands of families lined Elizabeth Street for the 73rd Annual Charro Days Christmas Parade, a tradition that continues to unite the community each holiday season....
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The City of Brownsville Department of Health, Wellness and Animal Services is preparing to begin mosquito spraying across the city as officials work to reduce mosquito populations and protect public health....
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Many of the 32 payloads onboard SpaceX’s Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission are pictured prior to full encapsulation inside a Falcon 9 payload fairing. Image: SpaceX SpaceX will fly its uncrewed reentry Starfall capsule aboard the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral Spac...
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UTRGV’s Aidan Jakobsohn, left, is flushed out of the pocket by UIW’s Mekhi Brown, right, during a Southland Conference game at Benson Stadium Saturday Oct.17,2026 in San Antonio, Tx. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) UTRGV’s Clint Thomas Jr., right, goes up high for a catch ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The father of a 4-year-old boy who allegedly shot himself while unattended has been arrested by the Cameron County Sheriff's Office. On Oct. 1, a child was brought to the Harlingen Medical Center by his parents for an apparent gunshot wound to t...
