The Valley Storm Team recently discussed the future of desalination with Roy Rodriguez, interim head of the Harlingen Water Works. Chief meteorologist Bryan Hale joined the conversation about the desalination process and its prospects. Desalination, which involves turning salty water into freshwater, was a key topic of discussion.
The conversation also touched on the costs associated with desalination. Further details about the discussion are available from the Valley Storm Team.
More information about the potential of desalination to address water woes is available from the Valley Storm Team's conversation with Rodriguez and Hale.
With college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks. The bill aims to put guardrails around escalating spending in college sports ...
O LMITO — A man accused of killing four people over the weekend was given no bond during an arraignment Monday afternoon. Christian Joel Maldonado Pacheco, 25, stood before state District Court Judge Janet Leal at the Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center and received...
L OS FRESNOS — Cameron County broke ground Monday on a $31 million expansion of Old Alice Road that will span from the Brownsville Sports Park to State Highway 100. The project will take the 4.9-mile stretch of road from two to four lanes with an additional left-turn lane in the ...
By Milla Surjadi | The Dallas Morning News (TNS) A greater percentage of Texas professors want to leave the state this year than last year, citing its political climate and concerns about censorship, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association of University...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A bookie who collected nearly $3.8 million from high-rollers in South Texas pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge on Monday. Marco Antonio Cardenas, 48, of Mission — and other people who participated in the conspiracy — received nearly $3....
ValleyCentral (KVEO NBC 23 / CBS 4) - Local News · Sep 14, 2026
Jaime Ayala J aime Ayala is going back to North Texas. The Edinburg police chief announced his retirement Monday, which will be effective Oct. 30. “Serving as Police Chief in the city where I grew up has been the absolute honor of my career,” Ayala said in a news release. “I am d...
R URAL HIDALGO COUNTY — A group of 19 women sat side by side, laughing and telling stories as they waited to start their Strengthening Families class — a faith based course lasting 12 weeks that’s designed to help parents in colonias heal from trauma, strengthen core parenting ca...
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...
Joe Salazar T he Mission Economic Development Corporation has named its financial officer as acting chief executive officer Thursday. Joe Salazar’s appointment was effective Wednesday, just two days before former CEO Teclo Garcia’s last day with the organization. Garcia announced...
T hey weren’t just veggies apparently. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $25 million worth of methamphetamine inside a shipment of cabbage, tomatillo and cilantro at the Pharr International Bridge last Tuesday, Sept. 8. A tractor trailer was attempting ...
OLMITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Two deadly family shootings in the Rio Grande Valley this year have raised questions about a rare but devastating form of violence: familicide. Familicide, sometimes referred to as family annihilation, occurs when a person kills multiple members of...
ValleyCentral (KVEO NBC 23 / CBS 4) - Local News · Sep 14, 2026
The trade sending Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto is finally going forward, with the Raptors and Los Angeles Clippers agreeing to complete the deal that was agreed to earlier this summer, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Monday. The deal will be the same as what was...
