Exclusive interview: Raymondville shelter for migrant children to close, cutting more than 420 jobs
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South Texas ranchers brace as flesh-eating screwworm advances toward border, threatening cattle herds
A confirmed case in northern Mexico raises alarms in the Rio Grande Valley, where millions in cattle investments — and... Read more »
Crossing into the U.S. just got more expensive for many travelers going beyond the border zone
The paperwork fee for travel beyond the Rio Grande Valley increased 400% today at land crossings.... 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 »
Driscoll Children’s Hospital investing $2.2M in Edinburg expansions
Projects will add more than 30,000 square feet of finished space at the Day Surgery at Renaissance facility.... Read more »
Home Depot anchors Peñitas boom as city braces for retail, housing surge
Burlington, Ross, and Marshalls confirmed as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse listed in plans.... Read more »
New $10M Hilton hotel to begin construction in Brownsville
The $10M hotel in Brownsville is expected to become an Embassy Suites and open in November 2026.... Read more »
Freedom Bank eyes second McAllen branch as it seeks to expand footprint
Alamo-based lender looks to grow beyond its five existing South Texas locations.... Read more »
Rio Bank investing $3.5M in new Edinburg branch
Project comes as lender eyes Weslaco growth.... Read more »
The Anzalduas Bridge is two years behind on its commercial opening — but investors are already capitalizing on its potential
From housing and industrial parks to a possible data center, developers see momentum in south Mission despite the delay.... Read more »
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South Texas builders say ICE raids are back, mourn death of slain construction worker
Sluggish job growth across the Rio Grande Valley continues through June, data shows
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