Brownsville News

Gov. Rick Perry quietly approved a bill Friday creating a new University of Texas institution in the Rio Grande Valley, according to a UT System spokeswoman.

The assault charge stems from Torres allegedly biting her on her lower lip. As I've stated before Texas is to Mocospace what Pennsylvania is to MeetMe however parents from all states should be aware if their kids are using Mocospace on their smart phones.

Normally the flat fields surrounding this small farming community display neat rows of cotton running to the horizon and grain sorghum with heavy seed heads waving in the breeze.

Budget cuts have hampered the U.S. Border Patrol's work in its busiest sector on the Southwest border, agents said Friday, with the agency introducing fuel conservation measures in the Rio Grande Valley that have agents patrolling on foot and doubling up in vehicles.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Brownsville, Texas, port of entry have intercepted a shipment of solid wood packaging materials from Russia that was contaminated with live Monochamus galloprovincialis beetles.

They both have relocated to the zoo from the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

Among Austin's growing foodie culture, Austin Democrat Rep. Eddie Rodriguez is growing a bountiful reputation as a supporter of small producers through his work with the Texas Farm-to-Table Caucus .

It should not surprise anyone living in the Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley area of Texas that the majority of the population is Hispanic; primarily Mexican Latino.

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says it wants changes to the federal government's setting of the red snapper fishing season in the Gulf.

Tijuana, Mexico, Jun 11, 2013 / 06:03 am .- Harsh conditions and persecution confront migrants in Mexico, many of whom have been deported from the U.S., according to a Salesian priest who serves the population in the border-town of Tijuana.

They says that a unoccupied Jeep Liberty that was being towed behind a Chevrolet truck driven by Angelo Zermeno of Brownsville, Texas when it broke free for reasons that are still unclear.

Chief Master Sgt. Tom Bragg, with the 147th Reconnaissance Wing at Ellington Field, Texas, flies Ollie during one of his volunteer flights with Pilots N Paws.

After the 9/11 incident, the United States government became incredibly strict with their borders, causing them to take major actions to protect all American citizens from Terrorist attacks.

A U.S. marine and two relatives have been reported missing in Matamoros, a border city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, prosecutors told Efe.

Today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries took official action to match the modified 2013 federal red snapper season.

The three surviving children of a Mexican woman who lawyers say was wrongly deported and later killed in Mexico by her abusive ex-boyfriend are suing the U.S. government.

Saying that federal inaction on enforcement of a 70-year-old water treaty with Mexico could significantly impact the Rio Grande Valley, a local conservation district has enlisted a water lobby to help urge the White House to spring to action.

A judge has ruled that federal regulators used a false claim of emergency to cut the federal season for red snapper off of Texas and Louisiana, and did so to punish those states for setting seasons and catch limits beyond federal dates and limits.

A federal judge says federal regulators used a false claim of emergency to cut the federal season for red snapper off of Texas and Louisiana, and did so to punish those states for setting seasons and limits beyond federal limits.

Dr. deMaar will speak at the June 8 training for stranded marine-mammal rescues.