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By Bethany Jean Clement | The Seattle Times (TNS) F irst things first: Yes, Matt Broussard is completely charming in person — maybe even more so than he is online, if such a thing is possible. Broussard went from six years in the kitchens of Tom Douglas’ Seattle restaurants to @ ...
R URAL HIDALGO COUNTY — On a particularly humid Thursday morning, Ana Carolina “Caly” Fernandez drove a U-Haul truck full of provisions down the street of a colonia, where she would be delivering food to one of the most impoverished areas in the Rio Grande Valley. With the curren...
T exas and its metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions are projected to see notable economic expansion from 2025 to 2030 despite national and global uncertainties and significant headwinds. The pace will be uneven and likely backloaded to the later segments of t...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Better Business Bureau Rio Grande Valley on Thursday urged job seekers to watch out for unexpected job offers. According to the BBB, people are using fake employment opportunities to steal money and personal information from job seekers. The...
S paceX is aiming to launch its first orbital Starship mission from Boca Chica/Starbase as soon as Sept. 28, with a 75-minute launch window opening at 7:15 a.m. The company says the upcoming launch of Flight 14 will be the first time Starship has orbited around Earth. “Flight tes...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Before he crossed the border, Jose Flores Flores deleted a video from his phone. The video showed Flores cutting the arms off a corpse, according to an indictment against him. It was all business for Flores, who allegedly worked for the Gulf Carte...
H ARLINGEN — The city’s Economic Development Corporation is considering requesting a promoter reimburse $5,000 it offered in its sponsorship of a three-day music festival which suddenly canceled . On Monday, organizers were expected to begin refunding vendors’ fees and fans’ tick...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX is eyeing Tuesday, Sept. 22, for Starship's fourteenth flight from Starbase. The company said the flight is still pending regulatory approval, and that target dates may change. The 75-minute launch window will open at 7:15 a.m. on Sept. 2...
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...
New businesses draw opposition T his is a rebuttal to Justin Katusak’s recent commentary on the glossy photos and billion‑dollar headlines surrounding SpaceX, Rio Grande LNG and Port Alpha (July 28). The advertising spin hides what the Rio Grande Valley cannot afford to ignore: T...
H ARLINGEN — The city’s biggest battery storage plant is ready to power up the grid. After about three years of planning, East Point Energy, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based company, is operating the plant made up of rows of long tanks storing lithium-ion batteries across a six-...
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As data centers expand across the country — including several projects planned for the Rio Grande Valley — concerns over how much water they use are growing. The facilities are designed to store and process massive amounts of information, includin...
Sarah Anderson I n the split second before the immigration agent tackled him, Target employee Jonathan Aguilar Garcia darted through the entrance to his suburban Minneapolis store. He wrongly assumed he’d be safe in his own workplace. The agent pinned Aguilar Garcia to the floor ...
NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm project in Texas. Kituwah LLC c...
Good Good Golf CEO Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery have left the company in the wake of an outcry over an advertisement for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground and telling her not to touch the club, according to multiple reports. Good Go...
Teclo Garcia T he Mission Economic Development Corporation will be bidding farewell to its CEO next week. Teclo Garcia, the EDC’s CEO and the executive director of the Mission Redevelopment Authority, announced Monday that he will be retiring from his position effective Sept. 11....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Nestled in McAllen's Mercado District, the Mexican restaurant Momole is now on the same culinary distinction as restaurants in cities like Berlin, Sydney and Singapore. The Mexican Consulate on Wednesday presented Momole USA with the Sello M Gas...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Better Business Bureau in the Rio Grande Valley is warning about a letter targeting veterans. People will send a fraudulent check, then later, a fraudulent letter claiming the veteran was overpaid in VA benefits and owes money to the U.S. De...
A 3-year-old child from Mission survived an attack from a local business owner’s pet mountain lion 31 years ago. Emilio Flores was in stable condition in the days that followed the attack on Aug. 26, 1995. The mountain lion’s owner, James Thatcher, hoped the incident wouldn’t cau...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's football season kicks off Saturday night and fans are getting ready to take over the stands for the first home game of the season. ValleyCentral spoke with local businesses that offer UTRGV merchandise...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A businessman who defrauded a pandemic-era loan program pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Edgar De La Garza, 46, of Brownsville co-owned River Valley Investment Group, a real estate company. During the pandemic, River Valley Investment Group requested a ...
Unrivaled has raised funds that put its valuation at $650 million, the 3-on-3 women's basketball league announced Wednesday. That's nearly double its valuation from a year ago, when the league closed a Series B funding round. Unrivaled also announced that the portion of the compa...
Houston-based Salata Dressings is recalling jalapeño product due to potential Salmonella contamination. In our link, where it's been sold and how to get your refund....
Many Rio Grande Valley residents welcomed news of a planned desalination plant that will produce up to 100 million gallons of drinking water for this critically dry region. Some, however now are expressing concerns that the plant will be operated by a private company. Such worrie...
M any Rio Grande Valley residents welcomed news of a planned desalination plant that will produce up to 100 million gallons of drinking water for this critically dry region. Some, however now are expressing concerns that the plant will be operated by a private company. Such worri...
A new legislative session in January apparently will mean new efforts to keep Mexican truckers off our highways. The Texas House Transportation Committee, as an interim assignment, has been studying adding greater restrictions on commercial drivers’ licenses and stiffening Englis...
The city’s seal is seen as stakeholders from downtown gather at McAllen City Hall Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) A t McAllen’s final budget workshop, officials recommended that the city maintain its tax rate, rather than raising it by ...
The recalled blueberries had been shipped to stores in eight states.
B ROWNSVILLE — The middle of the afternoon can often wear on the soul with its drab stillness and its quietness and the aching fatigue. The stillness and the fatigue can feel more draining when you walk into a fine and elegant Italian restaurant like La Gondola — and you’re the o...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A businessman with Gulf Cartel connections turned himself in last week after more than three years on the run. Rigoberto Brown, 41, of Brownsville allegedly worked for Carlos Favian Martinez, the son-in-law of Gulf Cartel boss Osiel Cardenas Guill...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this week's episode of Inside Valley Politics, host Brian Svendsen breaks down changes to U.S. Navy policies and border wall construction and sits down with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico for a discussion. The United States Navy announc...
D onald Trump has built one of the most remarkable political careers in modern American history. For decades, he has cultivated an image of personal invincibility. Business failures became evidence of resilience. Investigations became proof of persecution. Criticism became confir...
A s the battle against marijuana legalization as well as efforts to fight Texas’ recent ban on various hemp-derived THC cannabis products continues, there was one Harlingen man who took his commitment for legalization further 33 years ago. Charles Schoonover attended one of Harli...
Co-Interim City Manager Andy Garcia M ISSION — The city is planning to implement artificial intelligence into its everyday processes in an effort to improve efficiency. During a budget workshop Tuesday, Co-Interim City Manager Andy Garcia told the council following a presentation...
W e are accustomed to Texas topping virtually every ranking relating to the economy — most major corporate locations and expansions, top CEO perceptions, highest investment, and many others. By one measure, however, the results are more of a mixed bag. The list of top states for ...
