Brownsville Herald

01/24/2025

The competition may be cooked with Eugenio Uribe in the semis.

Brownsville's Ramblas Hospitality Group is in the James Beard Foundation spotlight once again, with Executive Chef Eugenio Uribe being named a semifinalist for the JBF Best Chef Texas award.

01/24/2025

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez said that he was disappointed that the president did not use his inauguration speech as an opportunity to try to unite the country.

President Donald Trump's second inauguration was anticipated to draw thousands of supporters to the nation's Capitol Monday, with many hoping to catch a glimpse at the man who will lead the country for the next four years as he took his oath of office.

01/24/2025

Here's what this writer thought of Weslaco's Daily Grind.

WESLACO — The grind doesn’t stop just because it’s a little cold outside or because there’s a new president or because your girlfriend is in Mexico again.

01/24/2025

According to the AIM Media Texas Editorial Board, "Intermittent blackouts plagued the region, leaving thousands of Valley residents without electricity when many of them needed it most."

Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly promised that the energy transmission problems that plagued Texas during the 2021 freeze have been fixed. This week’s outages have proved him wrong.

01/24/2025

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.

01/23/2025

The Challenge, launched in 2008, is held annually by UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and the city of Brownsville as part of the university’s efforts to address obesity and chronic illness in the community.

BROWNSVILLE — It was an unusually cold Saturday morning in the Rio Grande Valley but that didn't stop hundreds of people from forming a line that wound throughout the south side of the Brownsville Farmers Market.

01/23/2025

The indictment against him stated that the victims were under 12 years old.

A 22-year-old man who was found with 68 files of child sexual abuse material at the Los Indios International Bridge has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child p**nography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced in a pres...

01/22/2025

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) aircraft carrier departed the Navy’s Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility on Jan. 16 under tow to its final destination: International Shipbreaking Ltd./EMR Brownsville, or ISL, at the Port of Brownsville.

01/22/2025

It was all hands on deck earlier this week at Winter Haven Resort, where dozens of Winter Texan residents spent the morning putting together about 250 quilts for newborn Brownsville babies.

01/22/2025

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01/22/2025

The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on im...

01/22/2025

Eugenio Uribe has been named a semi-finalist in the prestigious 2025 James Beards Awards in the category for Best Chef in Texas.

Less than a year ago, Ramblas Hospitality Group opened up Le Rêve, a French-American restaurant, in downtown Brownsville.

01/22/2025

The planned seawater desalination plant in Port Isabel has received another round of funding in a more than $17 million grant made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

01/22/2025

"The Rio Grande Valley is currently experiencing its yearly few couple of weeks of winter-like conditions, and what wouldn’t be better right now than some warm soup to keep our bodies full and warm."

McALLEN — 10 Mas Seis, a ramen restaurant hidden near McAllen’s downtown area, not only serves flavorful ramen but cooks up a variety baos, burgers, hotdogs and pizzas that are sure to hit the spot for any kind of occasion.

01/21/2025

Tuesday saw cold daytime temperatures with highs in the 30s for much of the region, but breezy to windy north winds caused “feels like” temperatures during the day in the teens and 20s.

The Valley woke up to freezing weather Tuesday morning and the National Weather Service Rio Grande Valley/South Padre Island said that frigid weather and low temperatures will continue to impact the region Wednesday.

01/21/2025

Here are the latest adjustments as various school districts provided updates throughout the day.

Cold temperatures will impact the Rio Grande Valley this upcoming week as an arctic air mass will result in below-normal temperatures.

01/20/2025

Temperatures were expected to fall to near freezing or freezing across parts of the Valley by Tuesday morning, and below freezing by the early morning hours of Wednesday, according to the NWS.

Freeze warnings and cold weather advisories are already in effect for parts of the Rio Grande Valley, as the National Weather Service Brownsville/RGV station urgently advises residents to prepare for “hazardous cold” early this week.

01/20/2025

UPDATE (12:15 p.m.): The Brownsville school district said all classes and district operations will be canceled on Tuesday, in addition to also implementing a two-hour delayed schedule for Wednesday.

Cold temperatures will impact the Rio Grande Valley this upcoming week as an arctic air mass will result in below-normal temperatures.