Steve Clark

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Staff Writer at The Brownsville Herald

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Articles

‘Major player’ to spend $20M on new operations at Port of Brownsville

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead Food manufacturer Westa Inc., the first tenant of the Port of Brownsville’s new 118-acre business park, said it is finalizing the layout for a state-of-the-art wheat flour mill and storage silos at the site. Westa, with corporate offices in Miami and Toronto, said it will invest $20 million in the facilities, to be located on more than 10 acres within the park at the turning basin of the Brownsville Ship Channel.
Pumping station: Austrian company opening new bike track at Benavides Park

1 week ago | star-telegram.com | Steve Clark

Alliance Action Sports Experts, a company based in Austria, has designed and built more than 200 bicycle "pump tracks" across Europe but never in the U.S. - until now. Cameron County, specifically Pedro "Pete" Benavides Park just east of the Brownsville city limits at the end of California Road, is the site of the firm's first U.S. project, which is nearing completion. It's only the second pump track in the Rio Grande Valley.
Pumping station: Austrian company opening new bike track at Benavides Park

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead Alliance Action Sports Experts, a company based in Austria, has designed and built more than 200 bicycle “pump tracks” across Europe but never in the U.S. — until now. Cameron County, specifically Pedro “Pete” Benavides Park just east of the Brownsville city limits at the end of California Road, is the site of the firm’s first U.S. project, which is nearing completion. It’s only the second pump track in the Rio Grande Valley.
Pumping station: Austrian company opening new bike at Benavides Park

1 week ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Alliance Action Sports Experts, a company based in Austria, has designed and built more than 200 bicycle “pump tracks” across Europe but never in the U.S. — until now. Cameron County, specifically Pedro “Pete” Benavides Park just east of the Brownsville city limits at the end of California Road, is the site of the firm’s first U.S. project, which is nearing completion. It’s only the second pump track in the Rio Grande Valley.
Going deep: Arroyo dredging design contract awarded

2 weeks ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead A $1.6 million contract to design the dredging of roughly 6.3 miles of the Arroyo Colorado, from U.S. Business 77 to Cemetery Road within Harlingen, has been awarded to a Colorado-based company by the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission.
‘Nation’s playlist’: San Benito’s Freddy Fender makes the cut

2 weeks ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead Freddy Fender has been inducted into the 2025 Class of the National Recording Registry for his English/Spanish hit “Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” which shot to the top of Billboard’s pop and country charts after its release in January 1975. The registry is a program of the Library of Congress.
So long, Joe: Community remembers longtime Cameron County clerk

2 weeks ago | star-telegram.com | Steve Clark

Joe G. Rivera, who served as Cameron County Clerk for 38 years until retiring in 2016, is being remembered as a public servant who always put people first, especially those who needed help. Rivera died April 2 at the age of 85. Observing his passing, Cameron County officials expressed deep sadness. "Mr. Joe Rivera was a fixture in Cameron County serving in various capacities, most notably as county clerk," according to a statement.
So long, Joe: Community remembers longtime Cameron County clerk

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Steve Clark

Apr. 8—Joe G. Rivera, who served as Cameron County Clerk for 38 years until retiring in 2016, is being remembered as a public servant who always put people first, especially those who needed help. Rivera died April 2 at the age of 85. Observing his passing, Cameron County officials expressed deep sadness. "Mr. Joe Rivera was a fixture in Cameron County serving in various capacities, most notably as county clerk," according to a statement.
So long, Joe: Community remembers longtime Cameron County clerk

2 weeks ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead Joe G. Rivera, who served as Cameron County Clerk for 38 years until retiring in 2016, is being remembered as a public servant who always put people first, especially those who needed help. Rivera died April 2 at the age of 85. Observing his passing, Cameron County officials expressed deep sadness. “Mr. Joe Rivera was a fixture in Cameron County serving in various capacities, most notably as county clerk,” according to a statement.
Saving shrimpers: Industry cheers proposed legislation, Trump tariffs

2 weeks ago | myrgv.com | Steve Clark

Only have a minute? Listen instead House Resolution 2071, the Save Our Shrimpers Act, has been reintroduced in Congress in an effort to prohibit federal funding from going to international financial institutions that finance foreign shrimp farms.