Vice President JD Vance will not be at the Port of Brownsville to make remarks this Tuesday announced congressional candidate Eric Flores on Facebook. Both Flores and Brownsville Mayor John Cowen had indicated that Vance would be delivering remarks at the Port of Brownsville, which is...
One day park access at Isla Blanca will increase from $12 to $15 at all locations, the first of several parks expected to see fee increases after county commissioners approved the plan earlier this month. Monthly, annual and bus pass prices will remain the same. The...
Cameron County officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday to commemorate the completion of phase two of the Olmito Nature Park, marking the official opening of the park’s kayak launch. While the kayak launch was the main attraction, phase 2 of the project offered a...
Over the weekend, a 12-foot rocket built by the South Texas Astronomical Society launched Saturday morning to a height of 8,300 feet from a launchpad near College Station. This was the result of a three year project launched last October called Project Vortex, said Phil Donaus...
SpaceX issued its Starbase impact report for the second quarter of 2026 which is meant to list the ways the firm is helping the Rio Grande Valley. For efficacy please see below a bulleted list of feats: In June, 11 students from Brownsville and Port Isabel...
Glady’s Porter Zoo received its first Toucan in over 20 years. Tookie is a keel-billed toucan, which is slightly different from the toco toucan that people associate with Toucan Sam, the Fruit Loops mascot. Keel-billed toucans can be found from Southern Mexico all the way down to...
On Tuesday, Brownsville city commissioners discussed amending the city’s smoking ordinances to explicitly prohibit the use of e-cigs or vapes in public spaces. According to the Brownsville Herald, City Attorney Will Treviño believes that current smoking laws aren’t very clear whether they include e-cigarettes and vaporizers...
After two postponements, SpaceX’s Starship flight test 13 successfully launched from Boca Chica at 5:51pm. It was the second flight for the latest version of the Starship, the V3, which is intended to be larger and more powerful. The stage-one booster detached a few minutes after...
Cameron County officials inaugurated South Padre’s first public boat ramp in over 30 years yesterday. The ramp located at 1705 Laguna Boulevard is called Marisol (Laguna Madre) Boat Ramp. According to the city’s Shoreline Director Kristina Boburka, “another bayside access is huge” because the city...
An unidentified company recently requested a specific use permit to build a data center and cold storage facility in an empty building on Padre Island Highway. The building, originally a Walmart, was most recently used to hold undocumented children. When asked by the Brownsville Herald, both...
