HARLINGEN — Officials on Tuesday approved a scaled-down landscaping plan for Bass Pro Shops that will greatly reduce the cost.
As construction at the U.S. 77/83 interchange grows day by day on the Bass Pro Shops store, the Economic Development...
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EDC approves plans for Bass Pro Shops
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Police: Suspect in chase under the influence of alcohol, drugs
BROWNSVILLE — Alcohol and drugs were allegedly a factor in a police chase Monday that ended with a suspect shot once in the stomach, Police Chief Carlos Garcia said.
No police officers were injured, he said.
Garcia said 40-year-old Frank Matthew...
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Heavy rain headed to Valley
The first tropical storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season — Arlene —formed Tuesday evening in the Gulf of Mexico.Tropical storm warnings were issued for portions of Mexico, and Cameron County and Harlingen officials were preparing for what...
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Willacy County to celebrate centennial this weekend
RAYMONDVILLE — Willacy County will celebrate its centennial along with Independence Day Saturday and Sunday with a parade, food, fun and sports.
Local historian Glenn Harding said the county was created in 1911 in a 1790 Spanish royal land grant of...
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No Cameron County lawmakers on best, worst list
None of Cameron County’s lawmakers made Texas Monthly’s list of Best legislators this 82nd legislative session, but perhaps most notably, they didn’t make the magazine’s Worst list either.“With this, our twentieth effort at compiling a Best...
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Fireworks are on — the ban is off
Let the fireworks begin.
Cameron County Tuesday lifted its ban on the sale of aerial fireworks and also lifted the limit on days fireworks can be sold.
The ban became void once Cameron County was no longer designated as suffering from exceptional and...
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San Benito to host 4th annual ResacaFest
SAN BENITO — Four years ago, Norma Boland and a group of friends dreamed of turning the banks of the resaca into the site of one of the Rio Grande Valley’s biggest Fourth of July festivals.
“It was the perfect spot,” she said Friday....
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Officials urge fireworks safety
With the ban on aerial fireworks lifted, authorities are calling on those who plan to celebrate the holiday with some lights to observe safety.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that last year, an estimated 8,600 fireworks-related...
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Burn ban lifted for one more week
BROWNSVILLE — Cameron County residents will have an additional week to do some outdoor burning of natural vegetation.
The county Fire Marshal’s Office on Friday announced that outdoor burning would be allowed for one more week.
“Rainfall has...
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Family searching for ‘Santa Claus’
HIDALGO — Family and friends are desperately looking for an elderly man who is commonly referred to as Santa Claus.Ted Loving, 75, went missing June 15 when he rode his bicycle to a doctors’ appointment in Reynosa. He never made it to the...
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Tomato growers submit product to taste test
BROWNSVILLE — Putting the red in the red, white and blue of a Fourth of July weekend is the Tomato Taste Contest at the Brownsville Farmers’ Market scheduled for 9:30 this morning.The first-ever such contest at Linear Park will have a panel of...
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Former Border Patrol Agent sentenced in sexual assault case
McALLEN -- A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who had previously been convicted of violating the civil rights of a woman by sexually assaulting her was sentenced to 184 months, or more than 15 years, in federal prison.
On Friday afternoon, 45-year-old...
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Four men charged in gang stabbing
MISSION—-Four suspected gang members are behind bars after being charged in connection with the Wednesday night stabbing of another alleged gang member.On Friday afternoon, Timoteo Garza, 19, Gerardo Rodriguez, 19, Elias De La Garza, 26, and...
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Women Veterans Program hires first male as top manager
HARLINGEN — Junius Dural is the first man to head a women’s veterans program in the United States; but he says it’s all about the mission, and not about him.Dural, a Navy veteran, has been appointed program manager of the Women Veterans Program...
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Man dies in bee attack
BROWNSVILLE — An 82-year-old man died Friday after being attacked by bees at the Brownsville Shrimp Basin, Port Executive Director Eddie Campirano confirmed.Campirano identified the victim as Brownsville resident Jim Witten, of Jim’s Trading Co.,...
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Swarms of mosquitoes breed after the storm
The Rio Grande Valley is seeing its first wave of mosquitoes after the first heavy rainfall of the hurricane season.
Yet county and city officials said Friday that residents will have to wait until the chance of showers subsides — meaning next week...
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Electricity demand sparks conservation alert; heat index 110
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Public Utilities Commission has called on Texans to conserve electricity as demand begins to reach record levels.
The Yellow Conservation Alert was issued at about noon on Thursday. The commission said high temperatures...
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Woman accused of depositing counterfeit checks
BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville woman was charged in federal court with depositing counterfeit checks totaling $754,500 into her accounts at Capital One Bank, International Bank of Commerce and Chase Bank.Maria Olivia Vasquez, 35, is being held without...
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Pedestrian in hospital after being struck by motorist
HARLINGEN — A man remained hospitalized Thursday after he was hit by a car while trying to cross Wilson Road, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said.The accident occurred around 9 p.m. Wednesday when, according to the DPS, the...
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Palm Valley inspects homes for water contamination
PALM VALLEY — City officials will inspect homes here, checking for possible sources of water contamination.Under a state-mandated program, about 500 homes will be checked for contaminants that could reach the water supply through lawn sprinklers,...
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