News from 6/2/2026
- Cameron County jails not accepting nonviolent offenders due to overpopulation
- Spurs superfan from Weslaco ‘in tears’ ahead of NBA Finals
- Community decorates car windows to support state-bound Sharyland Rattlers
- Rio Grande Valley shrimpers adjust work plans as hurricane season begins
- Disaster recovery loans available for Valley residents following severe storms
- Prescription Health: Arlene's fight for two
- Groundbreaking held for renovations at Weslaco’s Mayor Pablo Peña Park
- Alamo fire chief discusses need for hurricane emergency kits
- Pump Patrol: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- STHS holding summer safety expo
- I-69E southbound frontage road in Primera reopens following flooding
- Eight data centers threaten to transform this small Texas county. Local officials say they have no power to stop them.
- From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect
- Screwworms are closer than ever to Texas, but not 1 mile away as lawmaker claims
- Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson stepping down
- Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president's allies, Blanche says
- Trump signs an executive order that invites vetting of top AI models for national security risks
- Extreme weather can whip up anxiety. A safety plan can help
- EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad
- There are supposed to be ceasefires across the Middle East, but the fighting is worsening
- Free nutrition classes being offered at Pharr Memorial Library
- Cameron County tables decision on tax break request from major AI shipyard project at Port of Brownsville
- Made in the 956: Valley couple runs non-profit to send students to college
- Renovations underway at Rio Hondo sports complex
- La Grulla family loses everything after fire destroys home
- Weslaco cheerleader's family filing amended wrongful death lawsuit, energy drink distributors seeking dismissal
- TEA assigns conservator to Lyford CISD as part of state accountability process
- Tuesday, June 2, 2026: Spotty showers, temps in the 90s
- 9-year-old boy sworn in as honorary captain before his death remembered by Alton police
- ‘We’re with them:’ Sharyland ISD rallies community ahead of state baseball title game
- Rio Grande City to host its first fishing and hunting expo
- Palm Valley Animal Society faces $4 million funding gap for expansion project
- Alligator expert urges caution after sightings across the Valley
- Cameron County measles case now closed
- Trump reconsidering $1.8 billion fund, AP source says, as Justice Department temporarily pauses it
- Texas Children’s Hospital’s detransition clinic to launch this year, will include mental health and endocrinology services
- Harlingen city survey asks residents about parks and healthy living
- IDEA Public Schools invests $151 million to upgrade five Rio Grande Valley campuses
- Texas Animal Health Commission adds inspectors to stop screwworm spread
- Drug supplier facing life in prison in connection with string of fentanyl-related deaths in Cameron County
- Cameron County woman pleads guilty after kidnapping daughter during custody dispute
- Texas removes Spanish language option for commercial driver’s license tests
- Texas’ app age verification law allowed to go into effect for now
- Several hospitalized following five-vehicle crash in Edinburg
- Texas schools say they still face budget difficulties despite $8.5 billion boost
- What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola
- ICE sued over “inhumane” conditions at Camp East Montana in West Texas
- Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, appeals court panel rules
- Consumer Reports: How to save big at the supermarket
- Pump Patrol: Monday, June 1, 2026