World population is estimated to reach 7.58 billion this month as World Population Day is celebrated on July 11 but the U.S. Census Bureau is projecting another milestone: Annual population growth will slip under 1.0% in 2020-2021 for the first time since 1950.

U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to face overwhelming numbers of illegal aliens entering through the Rio Grande Valley (RGV).

Two agents of the Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney’s Office - High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force have been awarded top honors by the Texas Narcotic Officers Association (TNOA) and will be recognized at the organization’s annual conference in August.

Breaking its own record, the PSJA Education Foundation awarded $384,000 in scholarships and grants to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District offered free track camps during the month of June for students in 2nd-12th grade.

“China would love nothing more than for Congress to kill the USMCA and stall future trade agreements, so it can promote its own low standards and coercive economic agenda with other countries,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) writes in The Hill.

Border Patrol agents arrested three sex offenders after entering the United States illegally.

The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District College Transition Services Department hosted a registration drive at the PSJA College & University Center on July 9 for recent graduates enrolling at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley or South Texas College this fall.

Ten large-scale murals by international artist, Erica Daborn, will be on exhibit beginning this July 13 at the International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS).

The Starr County Industrial Foundation (SCIF) in partnership with South Texas College (STC) will host a strategic planning summit