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Local Vietnam veteran chronicles battle with PTSD
HARLINGEN — Sleep for Vietnam veteran Fred Rendon Jr. was not an option. → Read More
ULA to stay put, for now
HARLINGEN — United Launch Alliance’s future has been in the spotlight all month long, be it through news reports, rumors, speculation or orchestration. → Read More
SpaceX rocket site grows
BOCA CHICA — Land purchases and preparations continue in developing the world’s first commercial and vertical rocket launch site here. → Read More
Border communities sign on to bi-national economic effort
HARLINGEN — In an unprecedented show of unity, officials from local border communities joined forces Friday to maximize economic development opportunities. → Read More
Harlingen city manager arrested
HARLINGEN — City Manager Carlos R. Yerena was arrested Saturday night, accused of assaulting his wife. → Read More
New discrepancy found in Obama immigration case
BROWNSVILLE — As the U.S. government moves toward compliance with a federal judge’s directives and injunction on new immigration initiatives, it discovered another discrepancy. → Read More
Amit Livingston has a new home: A prison cell
Amit M. Livingston is now known as No. 02006537. → Read More
Amit Livingston, convicted killer of Edinburg woman, finally returns to Valley in custody
HARLINGEN — Unlike the day he walked out of the Cameron County Judicial Building eight years ago, convicted murderer Amit M. Livingston yesterday was handcuffed and surrounded by deputy U.S. Marshals as he stepped from a plane onto the tarmac at ValleyInternationalAirport. → Read More
SpaceX launch mishap not expected to affect STARGATE program, director says
BOCA CHICA BEACH — In the wake of SpaceX’s loss of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft a week ago, the aerospace firm’s collaboration in the STARGATE program is not expected to be impacted. → Read More
Two injured in Harlingen expressway rollover accident
Two people were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries sustained in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Expressway 77 near the Wilson Road overpass.Harlingen Police Sgt. David Osborne said the two were in a group of seven people traveling southbound in a maroon Chevrolet Tahoe, which rolled over at approximately 11:30 a.m.He says the driver took evasive action after an… → Read More
Aspects of immigration lawsuit postponed
Federal district court proceedings on the challenge to President Barack Obama’s immigration initiatives have been partially suspended. → Read More
ERCOT: Rotating power outages not expected
HARLINGEN — Unlike October, residents are not likely to experience rotating power outages during peak demand this summer as sufficient electric generation is projected, an official with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s power grid, said Thursday. → Read More
Activity picks up in SpaceX’s Boca Chica area
A second fence encompassing a greater amount of land has been placed along the perimeter of partial property that Elon Musk’s SpaceX owns at Boca Chica Beach, signaling increased activity at the planned site of the world’s first commercial and vertical orbital launch site. → Read More
Appellate court to hear oral arguments on immigration suit in July
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in early July will hear oral arguments on the government’s appeal of a federal judge’s suspension of immigration initiatives under President Obama’s administration, court records show. → Read More
Int’l rail bridge set to open
Lights were being tested Saturday night, cameras were being installed, grounds were being cleared of debris and the floors were to be waxed, all leading to Tuesday’s expected completion of the first international rail bridge to be constructed between the United States and Mexico in 106 years, Cameron County Judge Pete Sepulveda Jr. said. → Read More
Justice Dept. files lien for hefty restitution owed
HARLINGEN — A man’s fortunes could change, and the Department of Justice is banking that jailed former Harlingen contractor Mitchell Kent Sweezy would amass property to satisfy restitution of slightly more than $40 million to some of his victims. → Read More
United States remorseful; court ruling pending
A federal judge has not decided if government attorneys misrepresented facts or if confusion is to blame in one issue in the lawsuit over the Obama administration’s immigration actions. → Read More
SpaceX meets local vendors in McAllen, Brownsville
Prospective contractors and suppliers throughout the Rio GrandeValley wanting to do business with the aerospace firm SpaceX came out in droves at vendor fairs in Brownsville and McAllen this week in events deemed successful, and as both the firm and vendors became acquainted. → Read More
IBWC addressing arroyo flood risk
HARLINGEN — Dense vegetation and increased sediment on a portion of the Arroyo Colorado poses flooding risks, but International Boundary and Water Commission officials said that focused mitigation efforts are underway. → Read More
Court denies requests to intervene in immigration lawsuit
As a federal court ruling on the challenge to President Barack Obama’s immigration initiatives looms, a federal judge denied the request of three immigrants to intervene, finding that the United States adequately represents their interests. → Read More