In more economic news for the valley, the city of Mission broke ground this Tuesday on a new $50 million aluminum recycling plant. The project is being undertaken by Zerluma, formerly known as Century Recycling, a large Mexican-based aluminum recycling company. They purchased the land on...
This weekend, the UTRGV Schools of Medicine (SOM) held its white coat ceremony for the class of 2030. Importantly, over 60% of the 56 member class are valley natives–the largest share in the school’s history. Held at the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex, this was the school’s...
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...
McAllen has decided to move forward with its plans to build a $5 million pedestrian tunnel that will connect the McAllen Convention Center, Westside Park and the Palms Crossing shopping center. Officially called the McAllen Ware Road Pedestrian tunnel, work is expected to begin around September...
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...
McAllen received a $6 million grant from the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to help further build out the city’s 47 acre industrial park. Funds will be used to build roads, water, sewer and other infrastructure in and around the industrial park to better...
Over the weekend, the Rio Grande Valley reported its first case of New World screwworm. On Sunday officials from Starr County confirmed the reported case occurred in a western part of the county and that they are working closely with the Texas Animal Health Commission...
The Port of Brownsville was chosen yesterday as the site for Saronic Technologies’ Port Alpha, a next generation shipyard focused on software and autonomous based ship technologies. The $3.2bn project comes at the hand of Saronic Technologies which was founded in 2022 and designs and builds...
