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MPO MERGER WITH HIDALGO A SLAP ON MARTINEZ'S FACE
By Juan MontoyaAfter years off fending off the efforts to include the Brownsville Metropolitan Planning Organization with those of Harlingen/San Benito, and that of Hidalgo County claiming it would...
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11TH-HOUR U.S. DOT OBJECTIONS TO MPO MERGER SINK DEAL
By Juan MontoyaNewly-acquired correspondence between the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Dept. of Transportation and the Texas Department of Transportation indicate the federal government's...
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JUSTICE IN MARY TIPTON CASE STILL NOT FORTHCOMING
From The Brownsville Observer.blogYes, the Cameron County Justice System is inept, corrupt. Tell us something we don't know. From the phony "Operation Bishop," where District Attorney Luis Saenz...
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RUNNING SARITA CHECKPOINT BEFORE THE SHIT GOT TOO HOT
(Ed.'s Note: The announcement that Customs and Border Protection service had closed several checkpoints in New Mexico and West Texas to deal with the upsurge in Central Americans at the border brought...
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YET ANOTHER INMATE DEATH AT RUCKER CARRIZALES
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe Cameron County Sheriff's Department has confirmed that yet another inmate in their custody has died, and some sources say that it was the result of a confrontation with jail...
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HAS MR. AMIGO ASS. BECOME AN EXTORTION MACHINE?
By Juan MontoyaWhat started out as whispered concerns among some Mr. Amigo Association members that tribute money had been paid to Matamoros hoodlums to keep them from kidnapping their annual choice...
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BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA KILLED CAMERON COUNTY INMATE
By Fred CruzKURV 710A Cameron County jail inmate who died this week suffered severe head trauma which led to cardiac arrest. That’s according to a report released by Justice of the Peace Johnathan...
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STUFF ROLLS DOWNHILL FROM HIDALGO; IS SAN BENE NEXT?
By Juan MontoyaStuff, someone once said, flows downhill.That maxim set us thinking.Just two days ago during a plea hearing for Leonel Lopez Jr. — who served Rio Grande City as municipal judge and...
View ArticleARTURO MCDONALD SR., EDUCATOR, FATHER OF JUDGE DIES
BROWNSVILLE - We have received the sad news that Arturo McDonald, Sr., longtime Brownsville educator and father of County Court=At-Law Judge Arturo McDonald Jr. passed away today.We send our...
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GARCIA RETIRES: 33 YEARS AT COUNTY, 22 AT TAX OFFICE
(Ed's Note: He was always professional to a fault, fastidious in his attire, and attentive to the public, the quintessential public servant. Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Chief Deputy Jesse...
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DOTSON, JENUINE CELLO, BROWNSVILLE'S BEST-KEPT SECRET
(Ed's Note: Jenuine Cello Jen Mulhern and virtuoso guitar magician Jonathan Dotson thrill classical music and rock classics aficionados every Thursday. Mulhern - a trained classical cello musician - is...
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WAKING UP WITH A WALK BY FOUNTAIN ON MARKET SQUARE
\(Ed.'s Note: The best time to take in the sights and sounds of mornings by the fountain at Market Square is just as the sun is breaking in the east. This elderly couple walking in the rear of the...
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CENTRAL AMERICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERFLOW TERMINAL
(Ed.'s Note: Hundreds of Central American asylum seekers - mostly family units - are flooding the Brownsville Intermodal Terminal seeking passage toward the interior of the United States to join...
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PUTEGNAT DOMINATED BISD SOFT-SHOE UNDER DEL CASTILLO
(Ed.'s Note: At the petition of some of our readers, we are running this article on the over-achieving A.S. Putegnat Elementary athletes of 157 and 1958 first posted last year. Enjoy.)Special to El...
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ROMAN PEREZ, ONCE A CONTENDER, GOING OFF DEEP END?
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe stories about former City of Brownsville District 1 commissioner challenger Roman Perez are mounting.There are whispered accounts of him trailing the supporters of some...
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MCALLEN ICE ASYLUM SEEKERS SPILLOVER HITS BROWNTOWN
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in McAllen have started to release asylum seekers in Valley towns, 5,600 in Brownsville according to city officials. Yesterday this group was looking...
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CREARTE EXPO LATINO CULTURAL & COMIC FESTIVAL HELD
(Ed.'s Note: Comic book heroes strike a pose at the Half Moon Saloon Sunday. Inclement weather drove the Ist Annual creARTe Expo inside where artists performed and comic book dealers and artisans sold...
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BEDC BESET BY JASON HILT'S LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS
By Juan MontoyaWe are in receipt of a demand letter from Olga Lucia Ramos Sajona through her legal representatives that we are named in a defamation complaint in Colombia.Who is Ms. Ramos?She happens...
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