Musk, missiles, and the Rio Grande Valley: Defense dollars draw renewed attention to the region
Two top Trump administration officials have visited the Valley in less than a week, underscoring its rising national relevance.... Read more »
Technology
U.K. business plans massive data center in Harlingen, records show
Eneus Energy is under contract to purchase 1,780 acres from a Raymondville-based farmer, Cameron County records show.... Read more »
Social Fest 2025 brings top creators, influencers to Mission for the Valley’s first major digital marketing conference
Social Fest brings together internationally known speakers from diverse backgrounds and more than 400 confirmed attendees.... Read more »
SpaceX’s operations projected to generate $13B economic impact in Cameron County
The report also credits the company with $305 million in tax revenue and $147 million in supply-chain spending as its... Read more »
Rio Grande LNG is investing $6.7B to expand its export terminal in Brownsville – here’s why
A massive construction project that’s already underway in Brownsville just got bigger as Rio Grande LNG decided to expand the... Read more »
California investors plan $14M Marriott near SpaceX launch site in Brownsville
The project reflects Brownsville’s hotel boom as SpaceX launches attract about 11,000 visitors per test flight to the city.... Read more »
New UT Health RGV facility brings advanced cancer treatment to one of Texas’ most uninsured regions
The McAllen center also expands access to surgery, advanced imaging, and rehab for Rio Grande Valley patients.... Read more »
South Texas’ shuttered sugar mill now part of $1 billion plan to revive U.S. cane industry
The project could bring more than 130 Valley sugar farms back into production, restore jobs, and strengthen the region’s agricultural... Read more »
Valley’s largest newspaper company outsourcing McAllen printing to Reynosa, layoffs hit press staff
Closure of The Monitor’s press ends more than a century of local printing and eliminates Valley production jobs.... Read more »
Inside a maquiladora for medical devices that runs nearly nonstop across the Texas-Mexico border in Reynosa
There are more than 130,000 workers in the maquiladora industry in Reynosa, Mexico just across the border from McAllen, Texas.... Read more »
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