Today I am promoting the Rio Grande Podcast. This podcast focuses on the Rio Grande Valley region, which consists of the people who live along the Rio Grande in South Texas, which is on the Texas-Mexico

The forecast calls for some extremely cold weather to come down from Canadia into the midwestern states and as far down as South Texas, where I live. Typically, the cold air warms up by the time it gets

It looks like Tropical Storm Grace is turning south towards Mexico. This spares Texas, mostly. However, we may still experience some rain in south texas. We’ll be watching as the storm approaches, as it

Cortez talks about the immigration crisis and its effects on Hidalgo County, which is on the Texas-Mexico border. distinguish between legal and illegal immigration How COVID factors into opening a park

2021 is not over yet. I risk sounding like a goober by stating that this has been a mild year in Texas as far as summer heat goes. At least here in the Rio Grande Valley, we have not had 100F and higher

We have some rain over the next couple of days. Tonight’s storm was intense. We had some cloud-to-ground lightning 🌩. We even lost power for a moment. The worst is over, for now.

The Mission Food Park has been preparing for a benefit concert to raise money for a foundation in honor of a fallen police officer. The forecast calls for the rain to clear up this evening. It has been

We have been experiencing consistent rains for the past couple of days. This year has been an unusually wet one. This means the ground remains saturated and unable to absorb the excess rain. Flooding is

It looks like the weather in South Texas is getting a bit hot. Of course, these are "feels like" temperatures, which I'm not sure I agree add any value. The actual temperatures are not quite

RGV.media is an account created to discuss news and experiences in the Rio Grande Valley area of South Texas. One of the challenges of covering such a limited geographic area is that the updates get lost

I’m trying to build traffic for a news project I’m testing out. If you are interested in local news about South Texas and the border, I invite you to visit

30 degrees this morning in Mission. Hopefully this is the last of this winter nonsense.

The cold has been brutal for Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. Frustration has boiled over as people desperately wonder how they could be without power for more than 24 hours on one of the coldest winters

Tonight in South Texas, power is out to more than 100,000 people during this overnight freeze. We are ill-prepared for cold weather given our sub-tropical climate. Thankfully, things should warm up by

This year's winter has been mild compared to other years. A couple years ago we had snow in December. Then there were some cold snaps. Then summer. Fortunately, it was a relatively mild summer compared

Work is underway for the upcoming Strongman competition at 5x5 Brewing

Chat with Shaine about life in the Rio Grande Valley, tech, and news. Co-host Alma Mata. This is an archive post. The original was recorded on Blogtalkradio, which will be deleted after uploading here

COVID-19 Mission Regional Medical Center has received 30 oxygen concentrators to help patients with COVID Hidalgo County new COVID cases total 271, grand total of 16,646, 40 fatalities bringing total to

Hurricane Hanna Recovery Governor Greg Abbott answers questions about the recurring flood problem in South Texas: Work continues on restoring power to thousands of households Municipalities continue cleanup

Hurricane Hanna Updates Crews are still working on restoring power to 16,000 homes across the region. AEP Texas, the company in charge of maintaining the electric grid across much of the state estimates