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McALLEN — Hoping to attract more investment into the region, elected officials and business leaders in the Rio Grande Valley are teaming with their Mexican counterparts in an effort to rebrand the ...

Approximately 17 miles of buoy barriers will soon be installed in the placid waters of the Rio Grande — this time, in the lowermost stretches of the Rio Grande Valley. The announcement came on ...