HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Chief Meteorologist Bryan Hale spoke with the Texas Department of Transportation about evacuation routes if a hurricane should threaten the region. Ray Pedraza is the Public Information Officer for TxDOT Pharr District, which covers the Rio Grande Valley. The P...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Case Keenum was on target and on time all night long. It turns out the third-string quarterback for the Chicago Bears is pretty good, too. Keenum passed for two touchdowns in his first start in almost three years, and the Bears shut down Jalen Hurts and the Philade...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week's edition of Inside Valley Politics, we take a look at the top political headlines in our community. County elections officials were swamped by delayed voter registration applications from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Both...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The hot, humid, and mostly dry weather in the Rio Grande Valley is about to change in a big way by the end of this week. A surge of Pacific moisture moving into Texas, combined with the usual Gulf moisture, will load the atmosphere with plenty ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — David Stearns doesn't get a do-over. He knows that all too well. One day after the New York Mets finished last in the NL East for the first time in 23 years, the team's embattled president of baseball operations was asked a pointed question. Knowing what he knows ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Texas Democratic Party hosted an event in Brownsville on Saturday to introduce nominees to Brownsville voters. Voters gathered at Despecha 2 to learn more about each Democratic nominee. Lieutenant Governor nominee Vicki Goodwin was one of th...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) hosted an event to connect and organize against immigration raids and Flock cameras around the Rio Grande Valley. On Saturday, LUPE staff, members, and partner organizations gathered in San Juan to talk about ta...
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ROMA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Starr County hunting and fishing outfitter says new buoys along the Rio Grande are changing how his business operates and limiting access to areas he has used for years. Joshua Lopez, owner and CEO of Quacker Smackers Outfitters, takes clients fish...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Case Keenum started at quarterback for the Chicago Bears on Monday night against Philadelphia, his first regular-season game in almost three years. Caleb Williams was inactive with a right hamstring injury, leaving coach Ben Johnson to choose between Keenum and Tys...
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H ARLINGEN — Licensed Vocational Nurses, or LVNs, play a crucial role in many labs, doctors’ offices, and other medical settings. That’s why the Valley Baptist Medical Center School of Vocational Nursing is concerned about the slow enrollment for the next class which begins in Ja...
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F or a while there, it seemed like South Texas’ weather setting had somehow gotten permanently stuck on hotter/drier-than-normal. It’s unstuck now and change is coming — soggier, cooler change. That’s according to the National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley office,...
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S paceX launched Starship Flight 14 from Boca Chica at 7:49 a.m. Monday for an attempt at its first orbital test flight, initially expected to last nearly 10 hours before a planned splashdown in the South Pacific far off the coast of Chile. Attempting orbit nearly didn’t happen a...
