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• Services restored for Spectrum customers in South Texas

  November 25, 2025 6:01 PM

  Services were restored for Spectrum customers in South Texas following an outage, a spokesperson said. The outage started Tuesday at around 4:45 p.m. and affected internet, voice and TV services for Spectrum customers in South Texas, the company announced. At around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, a Spectrum spokesperson said... more »

• First responders take part in mass casualty training exercise in San Benito Play Video

  November 12, 2025 8:45 PM

  First responders in the Rio Grande Valley are checking to see how they can improve their response time and communication during mass casualty events. A Wednesday mass casualty simulation was held in San Benito for first responders to take part in. During the simulation, dozens of people acted... more »

• Harlingen CISD working to create safe environment for students Play Video

  August 12, 2025 11:52 AM

  Tuesday is the first day of school for hundreds of students at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District. One of the main changes for districts across the Rio Grande Valley is the new cellphone policy passed by the state legislature. The policy calls for schools to limit or even... more »

• Call from Border Patrol Leads to Detention of 22 Immigrants in Mexico Play Video

  December 17, 2019 10:18 PM

  WESLACO – A call to Mexican authorities by Border Patrol resulted in the detention of 22 immigrants staged along the Rio Grande about to smuggle into the U.S. Border Patrol’s foreign operations branch works with authorities across the border. Officials told CHANNEL 5 NEWS these kind of communications... more »

• Amateur Radio Operators Practice Natural Disaster Readiness Play Video

  June 22, 2019 10:49 PM

  WESLACO - During natural disasters cell service, land lines and wifi can become unavailable. HAM radio operator Larry Warner tested their natural disaster readiness Satruday. Larry Warner remembers getting called communicate during Hurricane Dolly, he says "we've cooperated before when we have hurricanes and we've... more »