The Monitor

07/03/2025

Here's what to know ahead of McAllen's 97th annual Independence Day Celebration this Friday, especially if you're going to be traveling in the city that evening.

The latest traffic reports from around the Rio Grande Valley for the week of June 30, 2025, will be reported here, as they develop. Reports will be listed from newest to oldest, and updated frequently by the MyRGV.com staff to include our coverage area of Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy and Starr counties...

07/02/2025

The funding for Agua SUD will be utilized to lay the groundwork for a water infrastructure upgrade.

The state recently signed off on a major investment in the Rio Grande Valley’s wastewater systems.

07/02/2025

Moore Air Base is back in the news after many years with the announcement in June by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the agency will reopen the facility for its screwworm program.

Here are some of the key points in the base’s history.

Moore Air Base is back in the news after many years with the announcement in June by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the agency will reopen the facility for its screwworm program.

07/02/2025

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07/02/2025

Have you been to the Dog Stadium? With Fourth of July on the horizon, this writer decided to visit the Edinburg eatery in search of what he thinks is the most American food he could eat for this week's South Texas Flavor: the hog dog. 🌭

EDINBURG — With the Fourth of July this upcoming weekend, I thought to myself, what would be the most American food I could eat for South Texas Flavor?

07/02/2025

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07/02/2025

The AIM Media Texas Editorial Board says:

"It’s likely that Trump, other administration officials and supportive members of Congress haven’t thought of, or have little regard for, the medical innovations and other benefits that come from much of the funding they provide for medical and scientific research."

Might we be getting closer to finding a cure for cancer?

07/01/2025

“This is scary. They are setting a precedent for what’s going to happen in the area. This feels like a political raid,” Villarreal said immediately following the bakery owners’ first court appearance in February.

The owners of a Los Fresnos bakery who are accused of harboring and concealing non-citizens are ready to go to trial in Brownsville federal court.

07/01/2025

FEMA officials are encouraging anyone affected by the March floods to look into SBA loans, in addition to seeing what the local recovery centers have to offer them in their journey to recovery.

HARLINGEN — It took just hours for streets to turn into rivers on March 27.

07/01/2025

The Hidalgo Independent School District will pay its new superintendent J.A. Gonzalez an annual base salary of $210,000 for three years.

07/01/2025

On Monday, state prosecutors filed a motion to revoke his bond and he was discharged from the alternative incarceration program over his arrest for the death of his child.

The 34-year-old Mission man accused of forgetting his 3 month old in a car resulting in their death had his bond revoked Tuesday in a 2021 murder.

07/01/2025

The investigation continues as a second arrest has been made.

The Brownsville Police Department announced Monday afternoon that a second person has been arrested in the death of a 4-year-old child left in a daycare van at the Learning Club Preschool.