News from 8/13/2026
- Lawsuit over potential canal damage halts border wall work at Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge
- Congresswoman De La Cruz urged to sign petition to advance bill that supports pathway to citizenship for Dreamers
- Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling addresses manufacturing and agricultural labor issues during Valley visit
- 'Mathematically impossible': Driver shortages force La Joya ISD to cut bus routes
- Noticeable taste or smell changes expected in San Benito tap water during maintenance
- Brownsville corporation reduces grant funding for local projects
- Mercedes kicks off phase 3 of South Mercedes Lateral Improvement Project
- Rio Hondo city administrator resigns; police chief named interim leader
- Trial date set for former Starr County pageant director charged with sexual assault of a child
- Cameron County approves 5% pay raise for elected officials and employees
- Rio Grande Valley residents are feeling more negative about their lives. That could spill into the voting booth.
- U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston
- How to make the most of parent-teacher conferences during back-to-school and beyond
- Brownsville’s Historic Battlefield Trail named finalist for national hall of fame
- Pump Patrol: Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026
- Pet of the Week: Jean the kitten
- Baby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas
- Paxton, Talarico tap contrary versions of God and Christianity in appeal to Texas voters
- Doctors say Trump's vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids
- ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse
- Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026: Breezy and hot with temperatures in the triple digits
- Weslaco responding to three water line breaks across the city
- Health experts share tips to help RGV students transition back to school
- Metal debris along Shary Road in McAllen sparks safety concerns for drivers
- Vanguard Academy addresses traffic concerns as Van Gogh campus begins new school year
- Potential jurors continue being screened for trial of man accused of killing a San Benito police officer
- Alamo completes $1.8M drainage improvement project
- 2 people died in a military helicopter crash near Fort Hood, officials say
- Broadband grants paused as critics allege favoritism toward Elon Musk’s Starlink
- Law firm with ties to Trump administration declines offer to represent migrant children
- As Big Bend wall outcry builds, Paxton does not say whether construction should proceed
- Migrant kids are often being held in a South Texas detention center five times longer than a court order allows
- Judge again bars Trump administration from implementing order that sought to limit mail voting
- Consumer Reports: Tpp tested products for a sparkling clean bathroom
- Pump Patrol: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026
- VAMOS marks 30 years of supporting RGV scholars
- Harlingen and La Feria firefighters battle house fire, 2 women rescued
- Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026: Breezy and hot with temperatures in the triple digits