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Saronic lands Navy landing craft contract, first build at Brownsville’s Port Alpha

September 18, 2026 • 3 min read

The company expects to hire 10,000 workers in the Rio Grande Valley at the Port of Brownsville site.... Read more »

As industrial development surges, Brownsville seeks residents for Environmental Task Force

September 15, 2026 • 2 min read

The advisory group could give residents a greater role in environmental and development issues as billions of dollars in new... Read more »

Binational education leaders say they’re ready to train 10,000 for Port of Brownsville companies

September 10, 2026 • 8 min read

COSTEP brought education leaders from South Texas and Tamaulipas together to prepare for workforce needs tied to thousands of expected... Read more »

What you need to know about Texas A&M’s newest manufacturing hub near the Port of Brownsville

September 5, 2026 • 4 min read

The $30 million manufacturing hub is nearing completion and hiring instructors as it prepares to expand workforce training in Brownsville.... Read more »

Port of Brownsville could soon host Nodule City, a first-of-its-kind commercial deep-sea mining hub

August 31, 2026 • 6 min read

The Metals Company is eyeing 1,466 acres at the port for Nodule City, a proposed hub to process metals mined... Read more »

Brownsville reschedules vote on SpaceX disannexation request

August 25, 2026 • 1 min read

Commissioners will now meet Saturday to consider whether nearly 450 acres should be removed from Brownsville’s city limits and zoning... Read more »

SpaceX seeks to take zoning control over nearly 450 acres from city of Brownsville as a ‘regional’ water deal takes shape

August 24, 2026 • 4 min read

The city says SpaceX is negotiating an investment that could roughly double regional potable water capacity as commissioners weigh its... Read more »

Industrial growth is bringing RGV workers home — now the region needs to build its next workforce generation

August 15, 2026 • 7 min read

More than 70% of Rio Grande LNG’s 6,000-plus construction workers are from the Valley as leaders prepare for the next... Read more »

The Valley landed the projects. Now it has to power them — and the others that are following

August 13, 2026 • 9 min read

Industrial growth is bringing power requests larger than Brownsville’s electric system as the Valley races to expand power and water... Read more »

U.S. Energy Secretary says visas ‘won’t be an issue’ for Port of Brownsville oil refinery

August 4, 2026 • 7 min read

Chris Wright says the Trump administration can balance legal immigration with its deportation agenda as the first U.S. oil refinery... Read more »

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