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F riday marks a grim anniversary for the country as it observes 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. A quarter of a century has now passed, and for many Americans, the wounds from that fateful day have yet to heal. On Friday, local municipali...
The Harlingen CISD Administration Building is seen in this undated photo. (Maricela Rodriguez/Valley Morning Star) H ARLINGEN — Taxes are going up in Harlingen. For the first time in years, the school district’s property tax rate’s climbing. Meanwhile, at City Hall city commissio...
PARIS (AP) — The French Football Federation withdrew its support for Gianni Infantino’s bid for another term as FIFA president on Thursday after his controversial plan to sell stakes in the World Cup. The FFF said the executive committee decision was unanimous. The FIFA president...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is no longer expected to vote on whether to expel LSU from the league on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday evening. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Thursday's meetin...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — While the NHL may soon expand to Houston or Austin, Texas, the road to adding a 33rd team still has some obstacles to clear. With the league in the middle of a process of exploring possible expansion with billionaire Dan Friedkin and his family, Deputy Commission...
The Edinburg CISD administration building is seen in this undated photo. (Courtesy: Edinburg CISD /Facebook) E DINBURG — The school board here Tuesday voted to solicit requests for qualifications (RFQ) for an independent forensic audit that sparked a discussion on what the scope ...
M ISSION — A public hearing on the city’s preliminary budget became tense Tuesday afternoon during an exchange in public comment between a local resident and the city council. Although the council held the public hearing during its regular meeting, the actual vote for the adoptio...
B rownsville’s Mitte Cultural District has been officially designated a “Texas Cultural District” by the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA), which translates into a new source for funding for nonprofit arts organizations with the district. It was among four new cultural districts...
Dr. Veronica Kortan H ARLINGEN — After working nearly two years to rebuild the district’s financial standing, Superintendent Veronica Kortan is entering a contract running to 2029, paying a $260,100 salary, up from $255,000. In August, the school board conducted her job evaluatio...
C ameron County commissioners approved the budget and tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year during their regular meeting on Sept. 1. They also heard a Border Patrol request to test a rescue beacon at a county park, an update on state funding for road projects and the progress of ...
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Edcouch alleging that she was prevented from participating in the November election. According to court documents, Melody Saldana is suing the city, as well as the city’s election department, Mayor Virginio Gonzalez Jr., Election Cl...
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — A group representing many of Europe's major soccer leagues has accused FIFA of “abusive conduct” in how it runs the international calendar for women's competitions after filing an expanded complaint to the European Commission. The new intervention by Euro...
Week 2 is in the books. Check out the latest RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 poll as voted on by our staff. Others receiving votes: Brownsville Veterans, Donna High, Roma The post RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 Poll (09/07/26) appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
Kudos for Edinburg T his letter celebrates the city of Edinburg, its dedicated staff and our mayor and council for the remarkable improvements in the downtown district where I live. Yes, parking around the square currently is congested and frustrating, but this is a temporary inc...
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has agreed on a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2030 league season, ending on March 31, 2031. The NFL's Compensation Committee notified the full ownership of the agreement on Sunday. In a memo sent to owners that was obtained by T...
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election despite growing calls for him to step down from his position as the head of world soccer's governing body. Infantino has faced increasing pressure after his controversial plan to sell stakes in ...
W ith the city inching closer to finalizing its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, Mission’s new proposed tax rate will be increasing by less than a cent. The city council is set to vote on the budget Sept. 15, while the tax rate’s public hearing and adoption are scheduled for ...
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is retiring at the end the year, bringing to a close her seven-plus years at the helm of the league and a stewardship that has been transformative and at times tumultuous. Engelbert is the second-longest tenured WNBA president or commissioner, an...
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is overhauling the selection process by eliminating a separate category for senior players, cutting the selection committee nearly in half and returning to in-person meetings. The new procedures were approved by the Hall of Fame board following discu...
P HARR — PSJA North entered the 2026 season with question marks across the board on offense, tasked with replacing last year’s leading passer, receiver and rusher following their departures. Week 1 shed some light on those questions. Week 2 all but put them to bed, with No. 1 PSJ...
H ARLINGEN — A developer’s town hall meeting might decide if the city opens a major drainage canal to an incoming data center spanning across hundreds of acres between Harlingen and Rio Hondo. In a heated meeting packing City Hall, commissioners unanimously voted to let Fluidstac...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After an exciting week one of high school football, the Rio Grande Valley has voted for its first team of the week of the 2026 season. The Raymondville Bearkats took home the title with 1,050 total votes, or 46% of the vote. McAllen Memorial cam...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Emotions ran high Wednesday as Harlingen residents confronted city commissioners over a proposed artificial intelligence data center planned near the city. New York-based Fluidstack is planning the data center on roughly 1,800 acres between Harl...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — During a special meeting on Tuesday, the Donna Independent School District Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Superintendent Angela Dominguez and named Rebecca Castañeda as the Acting Superintendent. The board voted after returning fr...
S AN BENITO — While passing a new $20 million general fund budget’s coming with a $20.9 million fund balance, the new city commission voted against a proposed 1-cent property tax cut. As City Hall works to close the 2025-2026 fiscal year, officials had built a $1.5 million surplu...
B ROWNSVILLE — City commissioners here voted Tuesday to move forward with the process of establishing a moratorium on the new applications for rezoning or permits for data centers in the city. Commissioners approved a resolution directing the city manager to initiate the process ...
STAFF REPORT Check out the latest RGVSports.com Sub-5A Top 5 poll after the first week of action. Others receiving votes: Lyford The post RGVSports.com Sub-5A Top 5 Poll (09/02/26) appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
STAFF REPORT Check out the latest RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 poll after the first week of action. Others receiving votes: Roma The post RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 Poll (09/02/26) appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
Rebecca Castañeda T he Donna ISD School Board named Rebecca Castañeda, the district’s deputy superintendent to be the acting superintendent at a meeting on Tuesday. In a Facebook post , the district stated that Castañeda has more than 30 years of experience across every sector of...
Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa L ast Friday, the Edinburg Human Resources Department sent a city-wide email to its staff containing quotes for insurance premium rates with “massive increases.” However, city leadership said the quotes were incorrect and new ones are currently being pre...
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) — Athletes from Russia and Belarus can continue to compete with approved neutral status this season but no symbols of national identity, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said Wednesday. Athletes, coaches and officials from the countries “...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County commissioners are considering pay increases for the county judge and commissioners as they work to finalize the county’s next budget. Under the proposal, the county judge’s salary would increase by about 15% to nearly $200,000 a ye...
H ARLINGEN — A developer is planning a data center campus spanning hundreds of acres between Harlingen and Rio Hondo, calling on city commissioners here to enter into an agreement allowing the site’s runoff to discharge into a major canal draining Valley International Airport. Du...
T he La Joya ISD school board has extended Superintendent Marcey Sorensen’s contract through 2031. Sorensen has led the district since February 2024 when the Texas Education Agency took the district over and appointed a board of managers and a new superintendent. The first extens...
Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper, who's facing a felony strangulation charge, will start the season on the commissioner's exempt list. The NFL's decision Sunday means Cooper will continue to get paid for the time being and is allowed at the team's training facilities but...
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs has been placed on the NFL commissioner's exempt list while two misdemeanor charges against him are pending, a move that prevents him from practicing or attending games. Players continue to get paid while on the commissioner's exempt lis...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — During a Saturday special meeting, the city of Brownsville approved a $220 million Memorandum of Understanding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects while the City Commission approved a final reading of an ordinance to disannex approx...
B ROWNSVILLE — City commissioners voted unanimously late Saturday night to voluntarily disannex more than 444 acres of land at the request of SpaceX after a tense, six-hour special meeting. At stake was a $220 million agreement with the trillion-dollar aerospace company that city...
ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was signing for another bogey-free round when he was curious enough about the par-3 ninth hole at 270 yards. The numbers surprised him and validated his thinking about how hard it was to separate at East Lake for the Tour Championship. The 87 play...
The Seattle Seahawks on Saturday officially signed cornerback Terrion Arnold, who is facing felony charges in Florida and will be placed on the commissioner's exempt list while the case plays out. Arnold, 23, is facing eight felony charges stemming from allegations he orchestrate...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays got county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed Tropicana Field. The Hillsborough Cou...
B ROWNSVILLE – The Public Utilities Board of Directors here took no action Thursday on closed meeting agenda items that included a proposed agreement with SpaceX. During the special meeting, board members spent about two hours in a closed session on two issues, one of which was “...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — City officials on Thursday approved a $2.3 billion deal for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark funded by public and private money. The 4-3 vote by the Tampa City Council came three months after a tentative agreement was reached for a stadium, which would include $96...
T here will be some changes regarding electioneering at city-owned or controlled properties that will serve as polling locations. The Mission City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to amend a chapter in its code of ordinances by adding a new article meant to establish “reasonable...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved an employment contract for its new superintendent, Angela Dominguez. Dominguez was officially named Superintendent of Schools for Edinburg CISD on Tuesday during a...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The city of Harlingen has approved an updated decorum ordinance to ensure the efficiency of commissioner meetings. A proposal to update the city's original ordinance was introduced in a regular city meeting on Aug. 5. On Aug. 19, the Harlingen C...
Check out the first RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 poll of the season as voted on by our staff. The post RGVSports.com Preseason 5A/6A Top 10 Poll appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
Check out the first RGVSports.com preseason sub-5A poll of the season along with a preview for all of the RGV’s sub-5A schools. Others receiving votes: Port Isabel TEAM PREVIEWS DISTRICT 16-4A DI EDCOUCH-ELSA Members of Edcouch-Elsa’s 2026 football team. (Joel Martinez | The Moni...
S AN BENITO — The new city commission is planning a $20 million general fund budget coming with a $20.9 million fund balance and a 1-cent tax cut. While planning budget cuts, commissioners are proposing to trim the property tax rate from 70 cents to 69 cents per $100 valuation, M...
B ROWNSVILLE — Members of the public who have something to say about Cameron County’s proposed tax rate will have a final chance to speak next week before commissioners take a final vote. Commissioners set a public hearing on the tax rate for next Tuesday when they will also take...
ATLANTA (AP) — NFL owners on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the Seattle Seahawks to the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell congratulated the Khosla family for having “great timing” in purchasing the team that is coming off its second...
E DINBURG — The school board here decided in a 4-3 vote to approve a three-year contract for new Superintendent Angela Dominguez, who is taking the helm of the district that is in financial distress. Dominguez’s $335,000 annual contract starts Sept. 1 and ends on Aug. 31, 2029 wi...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX is one step closer to expanding operations near the Port of Brownsville after the Brownsville City Commission approved a first reading of an ordinance disannexing hundreds of acres of land in Cameron County. SpaceX representatives have to...
The UT System Board of Regents recently approved tuition and fees for UTRGV’s new Doctor of Optometry program, positioning it to be the most affordable optometry program in Texas. UTRGV plans to welcome its inaugural class of about 40 students in Fall 2027. (UTRGV Photo) T he UTR...
M ERCEDES — The Historic Mercedes Hotel sits on the corner of South Missouri Avenue and West 3rd Street. The windows of the old hotel are boarded up, and the neon sign advertising air conditioning over the front door remains unlit. But on Friday morning, the hotel was buzzing wit...
T he Brownsville City Commission has approved the first reading on an ordinance regarding a request by SpaceX seeking additional land for expansion. The ordinance concerns the voluntary disannexation of 444 acres of land in Cameron County located along South Connector Road, just ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Ten years after he retired as commissioner, Tim Finchem and his wife are donating $13 million to help launch a new charity strategy at a time when so much emphasis in golf is on profit in the new commercial enterprise of the PGA Tour. The tour on Monday revealed pl...
