TBB Staff

Mayor Rigo Lopez officially filed for re-election today, seeking a second term in office. He is the first candidate to file for the City of Peñitas municipal elections, which will be held in May 2019.

Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) appeared on Fox News’ Fox and Friends to discuss Democrats’ refusal to fund the government and provide border security.

Joseph Chance, a local historian, will provide insight about this trail during his Sunday Speaker Series presentation, “The Goodnight-Loving Trail,” on Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Museum of South Texas History.

A Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD elementary educator has been selected by the Space Foundation as one of 27 outstanding educators from across the world to join its Teacher Liaison Program in 2019.

The American businessman who owns TFI group has acquired a $1 billion stake in BYD.

Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed his vote to end the government shutdown and pay federal workers ahead of what will be their second missed paycheck while also providing for border security.

Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittees of Homeland Security, Defense and Agriculture, voted to reopen and fund the Department of Homeland Security through February 28.

In a small winery near Raymondville, bottles without formal labels line the wall. The tops are marked simply, with numbers written on red, green and yellow stickers.

Navy Counselor 1st Class Ivan Aguilar (left) of Pharr, Texas, poses for a photo with his sister, Lesley Torres of Edinburg, Texas, after Torres took the oath of enlistment at the San Antonio Military Entrance Processing Station.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the City of Matamoros, Tamps., Mexico, have partnered to provide a student services center in that city.