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Breaking News: SpaceX Data Center Goals Confirmed!
A SpaceX permit in the City of Starbase's building permit log lists its address as "40193 TX 4 Data Center" and its work as "444 Acres." The application is in plan review and has not been issued.
2 hours ago3 min read
"We're Trading Them Like Baseball Cards": Mark Cuban on the AI Bubble, and What It Means for the Data Centers Coming to the Valley
Mark Cuban says the AI market is in a bubble built on meme-stock trading and borrowed money. Here is what his warning means for the $4 billion Fluidstack data center rising in Cameron County.
8 hours ago9 min read
What the Military Surge in the Rio Grande Valley Actually Is
Operation Unified Resolve has concentrated hundreds of soldiers, Chinook helicopters and Army boats in the Rio Grande Valley. Here is what officials have confirmed, what remains a claim, and what they have not disclosed.
8 hours ago6 min read
Starbase Wants Up to 456 Launches a Year. The Public Gets Its Say in November.
SpaceX is preparing to catch both halves of Starship for the first time next month. At the same time, the FAA has opened a review of a plan that would take Starbase from 25 permitted launches a year to as many as 456, and public meetings start Nov. 17 in Brownsville.
23 hours ago5 min read
"PEOPLE FIRST, PARTY SECOND": RICK SALINAS MAKES HIS CASE FOR MISSION MAYOR
Mission attorney and mayoral candidate Rick Salinas sat down for a 33-minute conversation about the city’s finances, growth incentives and the Valley’s air. He made one promise above all: he’ll never lie to voters.
24 hours ago10 min read
Gonzalez Predicts "New Billionaires" in the Valley. His Wealth-Sharing Math Doesn't Hold Up.
On a Brownsville city commissioner's podcast, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez warned that Valley projects will create "many new billionaires" and pitched a bill to keep some of that wealth home. The bill is real. The numbers he used to sell it are not supported by its text.
1 day ago10 min read
"THE MORALE IS REALLY LOW": HARLINGEN WORKERS GOT NO RAISE THIS YEAR, AND THE COMMISSION FOUGHT ABOUT WHOSE FAULT IT IS
About 400 Harlingen city employees are working this year without a raise. A commissioner's late push for 5% turned into a public fight over cost, legality and blame, and ended with no action.
1 day ago5 min read
OPERATION UNIFIED RESOLVE: CHINOOKS, TROOPS AND THE MILITARY'S CONCENTRATED PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Hundreds of troops moved into the Rio Grande Valley in October under Operation Unified Resolve. What the military confirmed and what is still unknown.
1 day ago4 min read
THE PEOPLE WE DON'T SEE: LIVING NEXT TO AN AI DATA CENTER IN CAMERON COUNTY
For 40 years, Dr. Maria Lozano Chapa and her husband Jose planned to retire on their patio with morning coffee. Now trucks hauling materials to the Fluidstack data center site pass their home on a caliche road throughout the day.
1 day ago4 min read
Special Report: Ramón Ayala Jr. Criminal Case and Related Civil Lawsuits
Prepared: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | Region: Hidalgo County, Rio Grande Valley Status of all claims: Allegations only. Ayala Jr. is presumed innocent; no conviction or court finding has been reported. Ramón Ayala Jr., son of Grammy-winning norteño accordionist Ramón Ayala, turned himself in to the Hidalgo Police Department on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, on a warrant for felony sexual assault. He was booked, arraigned, and released the same day on a $2,000 bond. The charge stems
1 day ago4 min read
Tech Daily: Apple's M6 Day, Anthropic's $63B Chip Bet, and a Math Claim Worth Watchin
AI is moving into everyday software (Apple's iWork assistant), AI is gobbling capital at unprecedented scale (Broadcom, Nvidia, Oracle), and AI is starting to make claims in fields where verification is hard. Expect the first two to keep growing and the third to be argued over for weeks.
1 day ago3 min read
RioPlex Wants the World to Invest in the Valley. Its Leader Says 250,000 Adults Could Be Left Behind.
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2 days ago7 min read
SHOTS ON THE RIVER: HOW ONE NIGHT IN GARCEÑO PUT STARR COUNTY BACK ON A WAR FOOTING
A reported exchange of gunfire between the Coast Guard and shooters in Mexico near Garceño sent troops pouring into Starr County from both sides of the river. One month later, the biggest question is still unanswered.
2 days ago9 min read
Texas Early Vote, Day 8: Democratic Primary Voters Hold a Narrow Edge as Turnout Trails 2024
Early voters with a Democratic primary history narrowly outnumber Republican ones in Texas, but most voters can't be matched to either party and turnout is down nearly 20 percent from 2024. Here is what the numbers do and don't show.
2 days ago4 min read
Public Money Vanished From South Padre Island's EDC. Three Weeks Later, Officials Still Won't Say How Much.
Taxpayer money meant for South Padre Island's economic development went to a fraudulent account in a cyberattack. Federal agents are investigating, and the public still hasn't been told how much was lost.
2 days ago4 min read
Tech News, Oct. 27, 2026: Anthropic Files for IPO, Meta Raises Billions for AI, and Texas Data Center Records Surface
Anthropic filed to go public, Meta began raising up to $95 billion for AI with Nvidia and AMD buying in, and new records show how Texas courted the data centers now drawing backlash. Here is what is confirmed.
2 days ago6 min read
Los Fresnos Mayoral Candidate Nataly Ramos on Smoke, Flooding and Transparency
Los Fresnos mayoral candidate Nataly Ramos talks about residents' smoke complaints, flooding outside city limits, slow records requests and how the city informs people.
2 days ago4 min read
What Is SpaceX Building on 444 Acres Near Brownsville? The Evidence Points to AI
SpaceX has not said what it is building on the 444 acres Brownsville gave up in August. The public record, from contractor job postings to a pending power permit to the company's AI buildout in Memphis, points in one direction.
2 days ago6 min read
Judge Orders Abbott to Let Hinojosa Inspect Unredacted Musk Emails; Governor Appeals
A Travis County judge ruled that Gov. Greg Abbott must allow his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, to inspect unredacted communications with Elon Musk and his companies. Abbott has appealed, and his office says the order is on hold.
2 days ago3 min read
STARBASE IN TWO MEETINGS: A STATE HIGHWAY, A BRAND-LOCKED POLICE FLEET, AND AN ELECTION PUSHED TO 2028
Notice of Starbase City Commission special meetings for October 23 and October 28, 2026.
5 days ago1 min read
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