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TxDOT to break ground on $300M US 77 construction
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Texas Department of Transportation is hosting a groundbreaking event to kick-off construction on the U.S. 77 interstate upgrades, which will be awarded over $300 million. According to TxDOT, the goal is to turn U.S. 77 into an interstate, specifically Interstate 69 East, stretching...
Brownsville sees major bump of tourism for games
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley is hosting some summer games of our own as the Games of Texas are back in Brownsville and businesses in the area are definitely feeling the impact. A few weeks ago, Mark Lord, the executive director of the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation, said that around 30,000 people […]
WATCH: Opening Ceremony for Games of Texas in Brownsville
A steady crowd of people have moved in to attend the Friday opening ceremony for the Games of Texas in Brownsville. Around 8 thousand athletes are registered to compete in the games taking place in several venues across the city through Sunday, July 28. The Brownsville Fire Department set up...
Valley natives announced as H-E-B Quest for Texas Best finalists
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Valley-duo has been announced as a finalist in H-E-B’s 11th annual Quest for Texas Best. H-E-B has chosen its top 10 finalists from across the state in search for the best Texas-made products. The top 10 finalists were chosen from nearly 500 submissions from more than 118 cities across the […]
Port Isabel EDC helps keep shrimpers afloat with financial assistance
Jul. 26—The Gulf shrimp industry is struggling to stay afloat against a flood of cheap imported shrimp, and Brownsville-Port Isabel's shrimp industry is far from immune. It's not a new problem, but this year the Port Isabel Economic Development Corporation opted to take action, in the form of financial assistance to help shrimp boat owners pay for fuel. Port Isabel City Manager Jared Hockema ...
Drinkable seawater: Port Isabel to build desalination plant
Jul. 26—With approval of a $10 million Texas Water Development Board loan, the Laguna Madre Water District will build a 10 million gallon seawater desalination plant in Port Isabel using water from the Brownsville Ship Channel. The plant will be situated near water district offices in Port Isabel and draw water from the Gulf of Mexico near the Port Isabel Navigation District, LMWD General ...
Trustees pick Perez as Superintendent
The San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (SBCISD) Board of Trustees held a special meeting on Friday, July 19 where the trustees decided on and announced their lone finalist for Superintendent. Trustee Rudy Corona, Acting Superintendent Alfredo Perez, and School District Attorney Tony Torres were absent from the meeting. There...
SBCISD legal counsel awaits update
Approximately a year and a half since work on two multi-million dollar bond projects ceased and nearly seven months since the last official update on the status of those projects, a San Benito CISD administrator said this week that the district has no official update to provide stakeholders. In a...
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