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'Like a Grinch': McAllen Food Truck Park vendors blindsided by closure ahead of holidays

UPDATE: On Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, McAllen City Commissioner Michael Fallek announced that the McAllen Food Truck closure has been delayed until Jan. 14, 2027. McAllen, TX (KRGV) — The McAllen Chamber of Commerce will close the McAllen food truck park on Dec. 14, city officials announced Wednesday. Food...

Mcallen, TX · 1d

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USDA begins hiring for new Texas fly-breeding facility to fight New World screwworm

The USDA is hiring 228 workers for a new fly-breeding facility opening in mid-2027 at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas, with a hiring event scheduled in McAllen from Nov. 17–19. The facility will produce 300 million sterile male flies per week to halt the reproduction of flesh-eating New...

Edinburg, TX · 2d

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Sharyland raises healthcare premiums to correct deficit

Sharyland ISD raised the monthly premium for its self-funded health insurance — the first of several increases in the administration’s long-term plan to align the district with market value and limit deficits. The SISD administration reported a $3.8 million deficit in its health insurance fund earlier in the...

Mission, TX · 1d

ValleyCentral

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Mission Fire Department hiring firefighters

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Mission Fire Department is hiring firefighters. According to a notice posted by the city of Mission, the job offers competitive pay, benefits, training opportunities, and more. Starting pay for certified firefighters starts at $52,217, with up to $8,000 in additional medic pay based on certifications. Candidates must submit their applications […]

Mission, TX · 1d

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McAllen Secures $225M Valeo Plant and Earns Top State Economic Development Award

The City of McAllen is cementing its status as an emerging hub for advanced manufacturing following the announcement of a $225 million high-tech facility by French automotive technology supplier Valeo. The massive investment is poised to transform the South Texas talent landscape while generating hundreds of millions in regional economic output.

Mcallen, TX · 3d

KRGV

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SpaceX reveals details on its proposal to buy Boca Chica State Park

McALLEN — In a rare move, SpaceX is laying out details of its plans in South Texas while the city of Starbase is speaking out about SpaceX’s potential purchase of Boca Chica State Park. All this comes amid fears that the state would cede control of the park...

Mcallen, TX · 1d

WashingtonExaminer

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SpaceX’s $24 billion data center outside Texas city would circumvent moratorium

Elon Musk’s SpaceX this week revealed it plans to build a multibillion-dollar data center and gas plant in Starbase, Texas, a move that appears to circumvent a recently enacted local ban on such projects. The $24 billion gas-fired power plant and supercomputing facility will be built on land in Starbase, SpaceX’s company town, just outside […]

Brownsville, TX · 1d

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Saronic selects Syncrolift for Port Alpha shiplift

Saronic Technologies, Austin, Texas, has awarded Norway-based Syncrolift AS a contract valued at more than $100 million to design and supply a shiplift for Port Alpha, its shipyard under construction in Brownsville, Texas. The system will have a platform approximately 984' long and a lifting capacity of about 73,855 tons....

Brownsville, TX · 1d

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SpaceX to build $74B AI supercomputing facilities in Texas, Arizona

Nov. 12 (UPI) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced Thursday plans to invest more than $74 billion in artificial intelligence supercomputing facilities in Texas and Arizona. The company said the plans would expand its computing infrastructure with projects expected to create thousands of jobs. SpaceX plans to spend $50...

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ValleyCentral

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‘Without community consent’: Residents raise concerns over proposed SpaceX facility

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Environmental advocates gathered outside the Cameron County Courthouse on Tuesday, calling on county leaders to oppose a proposed SpaceX data center and natural gas-fired power plant in Starbase, citing concerns over pollution, water consumption and the facility’s energy demands. The project, for which Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is seeking economic incentives […]

Cameron County, TX · 2d

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SpaceX to build $24 billion data center in South Texas, sidestepping moratorium

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. McALLEN — SpaceX is planning to build a $24 billion data center and power plant just outside of Brownsville on property...

Brownsville, TX · 2d

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McAllen List Prices Slip While Homes Spend More Time on the Market

McAllen buyers got more breathing room as prices dropped and homes spent more time on the market, making it a more accessible place to shop.

Mcallen, TX · 4d

KXAN

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NADBank approves $164M in water projects for Rio Grande Valley border

The North American Development Bank (NADBank), during its first-ever meeting held Thursday in the Rio Grande Valley, approved a dozen water-related infrastructure projects for the region totaling $164 million in funds.

Mcallen, TX · 2d

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USDA facility to combat New World screwworm hiring hundreds

A sterile fly facility that is being built in the South Texas border town of Edinburg to combat the spread of New World screwworm is hiring hundreds of new workers.

Edinburg, TX · 2d

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Reyna: Why Can't Employers Find the Right People? Start by Changing How You Hire

The numerous announcements of new jobs coming to our region will force us to rethink how we hire. In the past, we had plenty of applicants, so we beefed up job requirements to select perhaps better people. Times are changing. Whatever happens politically, the investment already announced is not going away, so we need to prepare to keep hiring the right personnel. Human Resources should follow the law, but executives will have to calibrate how their personnel are hired.

Mcallen, TX · 8d

MyRGV.com

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As oil prices soar, Harlingen mulls pulling $1.2M to pave streets

HARLINGEN — High oil prices are driving up asphalt costs, leading officials to consider dipping into accounts to pull as much as $1.2 million to offset increases. The post As oil prices soar, Harlingen mulls pulling $1.2M to pave streets appeared first on MyRGV.com .

Harlingen, TX · 2d

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SpaceX Wants a Tax Break for a $24 Billion Starbase Supercomputer

SpaceX is seeking tax incentives for a proposed supercomputer facility and gas-fired power plant in Starbase, Texas, with an estimated $24 billion in capital investment for the project’s initial phases. A City of Starbase public notice sets a December 9 hearing on the proposed incentive agreements, adding a major...

Brownsville, TX · 4d

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New York Cabbage Loading Could Set a Record This Season; Texas Cabbage May Face Delay

Favorable weather for growing cabbage has Hansen Farms of Stanley, NY on pace to have a bumper crop to ship the most product in its history. Depending upon when the first hard freeze occurs, the grower-shipper hopes to be shipping through November, although on average the first freeze occurs around the 15th to the 20th.. If the freeze occurs much earlier, the company expects to leave a lot of unharvested cabbage in the fields.

Mcallen, TX · 7d

Raw Story

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Revolt hits Musk in his own home town as neighbors rise up: 'They're awake now'

Roughly 70,000 of Elon Musk’s neighbors proved Tuesday night that their votes were more powerful than his$225 million, local poll data show and activists say. Cameron County, the region SpaceX calls home in the Rio Grande Valley, voted overwhelmingly for victors James Talarico, Gina Hinojosa, and a slate of Democratic candidates — even as the world’s richest man demanded his fellow Texans "vote red." Also Read: Revolt hits Musk in his own home town as neighbors rise up: 'They're awake now' “Elon Musk has money, but we have the power of the people,” said Chriselda Vera, a local organizer. “They...

Cameron County, TX · 8d

San Antonio Current

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Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa requests pause on Elon Musk’s potential purchase of Boca Chica State Park

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa told reporters Thursday that she had requested a postponement of any action on the potential sale of Boca Chica State Park to Elon Musk’s SpaceX until after she takes office in January. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission was slated to discuss the possible sale of the state park to SpaceX on […] The post Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa requests pause on Elon Musk’s potential purchase of Boca Chica State Park appeared first on San Antonio Current .

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