The sought-after administration building for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley won’t be coming to Hidalgo County — or Cameron County.

The mass graves of suspected unidentified immigrants buried haphazardly in a South Texas cemetery and uncovered this month by anthropologists should be secured by state police until a criminal investigation can be carried out, a Texas lawmaker said Sunday.

A South Texas lawmaker has asked the Department of Public Safety to secure a Brooks County cemetery as a crime scene after the discovery of mass graves of unidentified immigrants.

Rio Grande Valley officials reacted largely with gratitude to the Wednesday news that Texas leaders directed the state Department of Public Safety to help U.S. Border Patrol at unspecified points on the state’s border with Mexico. 

The overcrowding at immigrant detention facilities has everybody's attention nowadays.

Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg wants legislative public hearings in Edinburg to help South Texas benefit from landmark Mexican energy reforms that could help transform the South Texas economy.

A $1.3 million state loan that was recently approved will provide the City of Elsa with an additional source of water for its citizens, an action that will continue improving the economic development and quality of life of the community, Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, and Elsa Mayor Al Pérez have announced.

Apparently spurned by South Texas College, elected officials in the Delta have targeted the Texas State Technical College system in their quest to replace the defunct Mercado Delta with an educational facility.

Representative Canales attends inaugural opening of third Walmart in Edinburg.   

Students, staff and faculty packed into a University of Texas-Pan American building Friday to pick the brain of an expert linguist.