Southwest adds nonstop Harlingen-Las Vegas flights, boosts Austin service
The airline will launch its first nonstop route from Valley International Airport to a destination outside Texas while increasing Austin... Read more »
Economic Trends
These four projects are driving more than $41B in Cameron County investment
From rockets to LNG and shipbuilding, a handful of massive developments are changing the scale of investment in South Texas... Read more »
What we know about Zoho Corporation and what could be built at its 1,000-acre campus
Indian tech company Zoho Corporation is known for manufacturing industry software tools but may be planning its hardware future.... Read more »
SpaceX bought some water rights from the Rio Grande River. Here’s what we know.
SpaceX is already a customer of the Brownsville municipal water agency, but the company has also purchased water rights directly... Read more »
UTRGV lands $5M federal grant to boost Valley manufacturing workforce
The university expects the initiative to work with at least 50 manufacturers, train 250 workers and help create 50 manufacturing... Read more »
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 12 expands into Willacy County
The federal approval extends McAllen-based Foreign-Trade Zone No. 12’s service area beyond Hidalgo County, opening the program to eligible businesses... Read more »
Starbase EDC may issue $3 billion in tax-exempt bonds to support SpaceX, records show
Starbase EDC’s strategy is taking shape, with up to $3 billion in tax-exempt bonds proposed to support SpaceX expansion and... Read more »
First look inside McAllen’s downtown revitalization ideas, like new business taxes
McAllen city leaders are weighing how to move forward with downtown revitalization efforts, considering a new business tax and other... Read more »
Rio Grande Valley saw 10,000 people deported, projected $180M economic loss
About 43% of those economic losses stem from 2025 alone, according to the Caminos Institute inaugural report.... Read more »
Starship reaches orbit for first time, deploys 26 Starlink satellites from Starbase
SpaceX’s 14th Starship flight marked a major milestone for the South Texas launch site, carrying its first operational payload into... Read more »
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