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Harlingen mulls working with data center on $7 million drainage project
H ARLINGEN — The city’s calling on a data center developer to consider working with officials to plan a $7 million project aimed at widening a main canal draining Valley International Airport. In a meeting, city commissioners called on Fluidstack to hold a town hall meeting to re...
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Valley’s early voting turnout toppling 2022 mid-term
E arly voting kicked off Monday and the first four days in Hidalgo and Cameron counties have already brought a large turnout in comparison to the 2022 mid-term elections, with 69% and 49% increases, respectively. According to the Hidalgo County Elections Department, the county ha...
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Mike McDaniel, Brian Daboll and other first-year offensive coordinators are struggling
It’s been a rough start for some high-profile offensive coordinators with new teams. Former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel was supposed to help elevate Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers, bringing his innovative ideas to the West Coast. Instead, the Chargers are 0-6 becaus...
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Dale Brown, who has the most wins of any LSU basketball coach, dies at age 90
Dale Brown, who coached some of the most successful basketball teams in LSU history, as well as one of the Tigers' most famous players in Shaquille O’Neal, has died. He was 90. Brown, whose death Friday was announced by LSU, was just over a week away from what would have been his...
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Brownsville job expo, Careers and Coffee, attracts interest from thousands
Many attend Careers And Coffee Job Expo Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, at the Brownsville Events Center in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald) B ROWNSVILLE – A bustling crowd of job-seekers filled the Brownsville Events Center on Thursday for Careers and Coffee, an a...
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Pharr man sentenced to 40 years for sexually abusing two children
Martin Hernandez Alvarado A 61-year-old Pharr man has been sentenced for sexually abusing two children ages 6 and 12. Martin Hernandez Alvarado was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury of continuous sexual abuse of a child and 20 years for indecency ...
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Trump expresses concern about NFL game and civil unrest in Paris
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday the NFL “could have probably postponed” the upcoming game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints because of street protests in the city. France is bracing for more demonstrations Saturday against t...
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World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski's record heat
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting heat to the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers...
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Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers backs NFL on holding game in Paris despite recent unrest
PARIS (AP) — Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Friday expressed confidence in the NFL to make security decisions around staging a game in Paris amid recent civil unrest in the city. The Pittsburgh star spoke at a news conference inside a downtown hotel shortly after the team ...
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Letters: Execution spectacle
An execution of a fellow human being, no matter how heinous the crime, is a somber and serious matter. To carry out this action at all is bad enough, but to do it publicly and livestreamed, no less, only makes it worse. We look like savages watching someone die for our entertainm...
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Commentary: Brownsville Riverfront District draws support
I add my voice to that of Larry Jokl in urging prompt, coordinated action on the Rio Grande Riverfront Redevelopment District. I have served Cameron County for more than 29 years: first as county auditor, then as director of economic development and community affairs, and now as ...
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Brownsville RiverfrontDistrict draws support
I add my voice to that of Larry Jokl in urging prompt, coordinated action on the Rio Grande Riverfront Redevelopment District. I have served Cameron County for more than 29 years: first as county auditor, then as director of economic development and community affairs, and now as ...