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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County Commissioners adopted a budget of more than $400 million for the 2027 fiscal year, including a lower tax rate than the previous fiscal year. On Sept. 22, during a regular meeting, the Commissioners Court adopted the general fund b...
NEW YORK (AP) — A'ja Wilson is in a class by herself, winning the AP's WNBA Player of the Year award for an unprecedented third straight year. Wilson received 15 of the 17 first-place votes from a national media panel Sunday. She topped Olivia Miles of Minnesota as well as Caitli...
Pressure to boycott upcoming Nations League games against Israel over that country’s actions in Gaza took its toll on the Ireland team Saturday when players talked for hours, voted on their participation, and one departed the squad. Ireland is due to play Israel in Debrecen, Hung...
Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa speaks during an event Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in McAllen where Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas kicked off a partnership with Blue Zones, an organization that aims to build healthy lifestyles. (Courtesy: Blue Zones) E dinburg leadership w...
The Brownsville Sports Park is seen on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Steve Clark | The Brownsville Herald) B rownsville is looking for residents who want to step up to the plate and help the city attract more sports tourism. Athletics aficionados can throw their hat in the ring by the ...
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...
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...
SAN JUAN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A new study from UCLA is examining the growing number of Latino voters identifying as Republican in South Texas — and researchers say the shift does not necessarily mean those voters are becoming less connected to their Latino identity. The resea...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week five of high school football is underway in the Rio Grande Valley. MORE ON VALLEYCENTRAL+: Watch Rio Grande City at McAllen Memorial, McAllen High vs. Nikki Rowe on ValleyCentral+ Here are your scores for tonight's games: And don't forget, ...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security detained a Mexican citizen in August after she was accused of improperly registering to vote in Cameron County. Officers detained Arantza Maria Chapa, 29, of Brownsville on Aug. 9 as part of a federal voter...
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Kamus Wong is a 12-year-old skateboarder from Hong Kong at the Asian Games. She has no illusions of being ready yet for the Olympics. “I hope, but like — I need to skate better because now I don’t think I skate good enough to go to the Olympics,” she said Thu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The votes are in for our Week 4 Team of the Week. The McAllen High Bulldogs earned the top spot with 499 total votes, or 43% of the vote. PSJA North came in second with 382 votes, or 32% of the vote, and Mission Veterans came in third with 307 v...
B ROWNSVILLE — A judge has dismissed a charge against a former San Benito Drainage District No. 3 board member after he paid restitution fees, records show. On Aug. 17, in Cameron County’s 107th state District Court, Judge Arturo Nelson dismissed a charge against former drainage ...
By Gabby Birenbaum | The Texas Tribune F or the first time since announcing she was divorcing Ken Paxton, State Sen. Angela Paxton appears to be wading into the U.S. Senate race, encouraging a group of conservative women to vote for Republicans “even if we’re mad at them.” Angela...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order for the upcoming Progreso municipal election. Candidates Raul Martinez, Ruben Arturo Abundiz and Santiago Galvan IV want to remove their opponents from the upcoming ballot because they failed to p...
Texas state Rep. Angela Paxton (R) told a group of conservative women to vote Republican “even if we’re mad at them,” marking the first time she has publicly weighed in on her estranged husband's Senate race as he trails in the polls. Paxton filed for divorce in July 2025 from Te...
NEW YORK (AP) — Meeting for the first time since the NHL began exploring expansion to Houston or Austin, Texas in June, the league's Board of Governors discussed the topic on Tuesday but did not make any decisions, according to Commissioner Gary Bettman. Deputy Commissioner Bill ...
S TARBASE — City commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approve the annexation of about 7,133 acres of land and voted to approve the voluntary annexation of 444 acres of land recently disannexed by Brownsville. Commissioners also approved a resolution of intent to annex State ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Our ValleyCentral Game of the Week is Edinburg Vela at Los Fresnos! We are hitting the road on Friday to bring you live coverage and full highlights starting at our 6 p.m. newscast. And don't forget to submit your vote for our Team of the Week! ...
M ission voters will have various choices to make this November. The mayor’s, as well as all seats on the council are up for grabs, with the exception of Place 4 which is held currently by Jose Alberto Vela. His term expires November 2028. Early voting begins Oct. 19 and will run...
By Paul Cobler | The Texas Tribune G ov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Monday to stop issuing new permits for data centers, strengthening his moratorium on the industry’s development in Texas. The move comes as rapid data center development ...
A federal judge on Friday afternoon paused a bid by Texas Republicans to restrict participation in the GOP’s primary elections to voters registered with the party. While Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a U.S. district judge based in Amarillo, stopped the effort, he wrote in his order th...
By STEVE PEOPLES , JESSE BEDAYN and JONATHAN J. COOPER | Associated Press E DINBURG (AP) — Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn’t require difficult decisions. “Is it going to be groceries this week?” asked the 28-year-ol...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Several statewide candidates visited the Rio Grande Valley this past week looking to rally support ahead of the November election. Gov. Greg Abbott made an appearance at the Harlingen Convention Center representing the Texas Veterans Commission ...
AUSTIN, Texas (KETK) - Labor data released by the Texas Workforce Commission on Friday revealed that Texas has outpaced the rest of the United States in job growth over the last year. Friday's data for August 2026 marked 12 months since the release of labor data in August 2025, a...
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Public education advocates held a rally at the Cine El Rey Theater in McAllen in support of the public school system. They were also there to support Thomas Ray Garcia, the Democratic candidate for the Second District, who is seeking election to t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has struggled to pass major legislation this year, putting off debates on annual spending, defense, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence. But in its final weeks in session as the midterm elections approach, the Senate can agree on doing one thing ...
The College Football Playoff says it can’t change the outcome of any games played during the regular season but notes that its selection committee relies on various measures beyond wins and losses. The CFP issued its statement on Thursday, following the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivi...
H ARLINGEN — The city’s property tax rate won’t be going up this year. Amid some residents’ opposition to a proposed half-cent tax hike , commissioners voted 4-1 to keep the tax rate at 0.5260 per $100 valuation, two weeks after the board proposed the first tax rate increase in s...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — New opportunities for artists and creatives could come as a new state designation brings more funding and resources to Brownsville. The Texas Commission on the Arts officially designated the Mitte Cultural District a Texas Cultural District. The...
MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi pointed his finger at MLS commissioner Don Garber on multiple occasions while speaking with him after Inter Miami’s game with Cruz Azul on Wednesday. Postgame video showed Messi pointing at Garber and speaking to him before walking away. He then appears ...
Democrat James Talarico, a state lawmaker, and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton remain deadlocked in the Texas Senate race less than seven weeks out from Election Day, according to a new poll released Thursday. The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey found 47 percent of sta...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The votes are in for the Valley Sports Central Team of the Week. Our Valley Sports team nominated three local football teams to claim the title of Team of the Week. Nearly 1,500 viewers cast votes for their Team of the Week pick. Here are the r...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (ValleyCentral) — South Padre Island voters are heading to the polls weeks before the November election as the city holds a special election for a vacant City Council seat. The special election is for Place 1, a seat previously held by longtime councilma...
Norma Sepulveda H ARLINGEN — A $27 million question’s hanging over the area as a developer launches construction of a 1,100-acre data center project between Harlingen and Rio Hondo. Days after offering Harlingen $20 million along with $7 million to fund a drainage project, Fluids...
M ISSION — The council here unanimously adopted the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday, undertaking what its co-interim city manager says is the most comprehensive budget the city has ever developed. The 417-page budget is available to view online on the city...
T exas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa brought her campaign against Gov. Greg Abbott back to the Rio Grande Valley this week, with a rally in McAllen, a meeting with South Texas Homebuilders Association members in Harlingen, a stop at a LUPE Votes phone bank and ...
M ercedes Mayor Oscar Montoya said Monday that the city is in the process of hiring a government executive search firm to assist in the efforts to find a new city manager. The search comes after former City Manager Alberto Perez submitted his resignation letter to the mayor and m...
After criticism from Republican leaders including Dustin Burrows and John Cornyn, Railroad Commission candidate Bo French defended social media posts targeting a group of UT Austin students, insisting his comments were about policy, not race....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has discussed the soon-to-be vacant WNBA commissioner's job with Adam Silver after the NBA commissioner reached out to her. “I have talked to Adam Silver a couple times, and I think he’s a great guy,” Cunningham said Monda...
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — All Aboard. The Italian cruise ship Costa Serena that will house up to 5,000 officials and athletes for the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, received its official welcome on Tuesday at Kinjo Pier in the host city. The 16-day games open Saturday and run through O...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Former US Representative Beto O'Rouke visited South Texas College on Monday as part of Every Campus Counts tour. South Texas College is one of many stops across Texas in the voter registration campaign presented by Powered by People, an initiat...
NEW YORK (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wanted to impose a significant punishment on the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing salary cap rules, even while understanding the impact it will have on fans hoping to see a winning team. Forfeiting five first-round draft picks mi...
E dinburg has revised the health insurance premiums that alarmed city employees, dramatically reducing increases after the city found a way to shoulder a projected hike in healthcare costs. Mayor Omar Ochoa addressed the changes in a mayoral address posted to Facebook last Thursd...
DALLAS — Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, is coming off the sidelines in Texas’ U.S. Senate race, placing its first ad buy of the general election in support of Ken Paxton. Texas PAC, a new group connected to SLF, on Friday ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Antitrust Commission (CNA) announced on Monday that it has launched an investigation into potential monopolistic practices in domestic soccer, prompted by fan complaints over anti-competitive behavior. The probe centers on the absence of a pro...
White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday said there are no plans in place for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to "sweep polling locations" in the November midterm elections....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The debate over data centers is fast becoming one of the hottest topics in the country. On this week's episode of Inside Valley Politics, we take a look at how quickly the issue has captured voters' attention and the shifting attitudes from some...
Melody Saldana E DINBURG — A district court judge has ruled against a woman attempting to run in the city of Edcouch’s November election after she claimed that city officials purposely prevented her from appearing on the ballot. Melody Saldana filed a lawsuit against the city of ...
M cALLEN — The McAllen Heritage Center added another chapter to its own history Thursday as board members and others broke ground on construction of a new annex to the museum. Board members, museum staff and the construction contractor took part in the ceremonial start of the pro...
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA judges imposed life bans on two former soccer federation presidents for financial misconduct, including one who stayed in office since being sanctioned in 2011 as part of a notorious election bribery scandal in the Caribbean. Montserrat’s long-time soccer leade...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A celebration was held in Harlingen on Thursday to officially unveil the Gloria G. Canales Auditorium. Formerly known as the Harlingen Municipal Auditorium, the building was renamed after the late Folklorico dancer and instructor known for her ...
H ARLINGEN — A developer is launching the $4 billion first phase of a project aimed at building a 1,100-acre data center east of Valley International Airport between Harlingen and Rio Hondo. Earlier this month, Fluidstack offered the city $20 million if commissioners grant ...
