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  • 1 week ago | mysanantonio.com | Dina Arévalo

    The city of Edinburg is seeking to withhold records MySA requested regarding the $10 million development plans that Zoho Corporation, an Austin-based tech firm, has for the beloved Echo Hotel located in the heart of town. To that end, Edinburg is asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton if the city can withhold the records. What is Zoho doing in the Rio Grande Valley?

  • 1 week ago | mysanantonio.com | Dina Arévalo

    Fans of saucy wings and chicken “fingerz” rejoice, because Zaxby’s, the Atlanta-based franchise restaurant chain that promises a side of Southern hospitality with its signature sauces, is expanding into South Texas. The company is currently in the process of constructing a new location in McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley, next door to a Walmart Supercenter at 4012 N. 29th St. Company officials expect the restaurant to open on July 7.

  • 1 week ago | mysanantonio.com | Dina Arévalo

    Gloria Chavez, U.S. Border Patrol sector chief for the Rio Grande Valley sector, which spans more than 17,000 square miles across 19 counties from the banks of the Rio Grande to the Coastal Bend, announced the arrival of an unspecified number of so-called “Stryker” vehicles in the Valley via a post on X on Saturday, June 14.

  • 1 week ago | mysanantonio.com | Dina Arévalo

    Night owls in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León were witness to a spectacular cosmic treat when what appears to be a meteor streaked across the sky this weekend. Social media was ablaze with videos and photos of the bluish-colored fireball soaring above Monterrey and the cities surrounding it. The fireball cruised across the atmosphere at about 2:10 a.m. CST, according to several reports posted by witnesses on the American Meteor Society’s (AMS) fireball self-reporting site.

  • 1 week ago | mysanantonio.com | Dina Arévalo

    It wasn’t a joke. Lawyers for Hidalgo County admit that the county’s jailers blamed a female prisoner’s complaints of severe abdominal pain on spicy snacks but deny that the jailers were making jokes about it. The county also denies allegations that it delayed getting Melissa de la Cruz adequate medical care, which caused her death in April 2023.

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Juan Camilo Barragan

News Reporter at KRGV-TV (Weslaco, TX)

Juan Camilo Barragan primarily covers news in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas, United States, including cities like McAllen and Brownsville.

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Brianna Medina

Morning Meteorologist at KVEO-TV (Brownsville, TX)

Brianna Medina primarily covers news in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas, United States, including areas around McAllen and Brownsville.

Gary Mounce

Journalist at Rio Grande Guardian

Gary Mounce primarily covers news in South Texas, including areas around McAllen and Laredo, Texas, United States.

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Brenda Villa

Brenda Villa primarily covers news in the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas, United States, including areas like McAllen and Brownsville.

Xavier Alvarez

Staff Writer at The Monitor (McAllen, TX)

Xavier Alvarez primarily covers news in the South Texas region, including areas around Corpus Christi and Laredo, Texas, United States.

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