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CITY RESCINDING $2.8 MILLION STREET AWARD TODAY?
By Juan MontoyaWith the City of Brownsville Commission slated to vote today on rescinding the award of a $2.8 million road construction project to a Mission contractor over Brownsville-based G&T...
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GABA FRIEND ASKS: WHY IS EVERYONE CRYING FOR A POLLO?
Special to El Rrun-RrunAs the state and county get ready to "liberate" the local economy and "soft openings" sprout here and there, we met an old friend over at ar friend's apartment.He was Joe, a...
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EATING CROW NOT PRETTY, CITY RESCINDS $2.8 MILLION VOTE
Special to El Rrun-RrunIt took three meetings, but the City of Brownsville Commission and administration finally put a pesky $2.8 million issue to rest.At issue was a vote April 21 where a majority of...
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THEY CAN DO IT IN FLA., WHY NOT PUB WITH $150 MILLION?
(Ed.'s Note: With more than $150 million collected from higher utility rates since 2013 to build the Tenaska Power Plant-to Nowhere, PUB has deigned to suspend utility disconnects and suspension of...
View ArticleWHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN EMPTY SKATE PARK? SKATE! YA GOTTA LOVE DEM KIDS...
(Ed.'s Note: You're a kid. You love to skateboard. Actually, you're pretty good at it. Not great, but pretty good. And then there, beckoning from just behind the open gates of the Brownsville...
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HERALD BREAKING NEWS: NO COVID-19 AT COUNTY JAILS
(Sheriff Omar Lucio and jail screws make sure inmates don't bolt from hotbox isolation tent.)Special to El Rrun-RrunThe Cameron County Sheriff's Dept. has reported no inmates have tested positive for...
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PROVE U.S. CITIZENSHIP OR FORGET P.U.B. UTILITIES HELP
Special to El Rrun-RrunAfter she had lost her jobs cleaning houses when employers feared of a COVID-19 infection, Maria (not her real name) wondered how she and her family were going to pay for their...
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HARD LUCK, FOOLISHNESS A CURSE ON CITY AND COUNTY
By Juan MontoyaIf ever there was a curse cast upon future generations it was by the people who named this city Brownsville and the county Cameron.Why do we say that?Local historians love to regale us...
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LIVESTOCK PROTEST TRUMP'S ORDER TO KEEP MATANZAS OPEN
(Ed.'s Note: Animal rights advocates have organized nationwide protests against president Donald Trump's executive order keeping pig, poultry, and beef processing plants open as hundreds of meat...
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TRUMP'S LYSOL SARCASM TRIMS HIS BASE BY 2 GEORGIANS
By Johnny EdwardsAtlanta Journal ConstitutionTwo people in Georgia drank liquid cleaning products over the weekend in misguided attempts to ward off COVID-19, according to the Georgia Poison Center....
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CREAM OF A&M CROP: RECOGNIZES HERNANDEZ EXCELLENCE
(Ed.'s Note: Brownsville native and Texas A&M University graduate Mike Hernandez returned home with a mission after he read that his hometown had been declared the poorest community in the United...
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GOV. ABBOTT'S FRIDAY OPENING: WRONG TIME, WRONG PLACE
(Click to enlarge.)Special to El Rrun-RrunLet's see.The COVID-19 curve in Cameron County is nowhere near flattening.Cameron County has 412 confirmed cases of COVID-19, as of April 30 (the 401 was...
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AMIDST PANDEMIC, U.S. KEEPS MEXICAN AUTO FACTORIES OPEN
The police detained a factory worker who was part of a group that stopped work to protest the lack of safety measures against the virus. Herika Martinez/Agence France-PresseBy Natalie KitroeffThe New...
View ArticleEXCEPT FOR FAMILY, CITY'S FIRST VIRUS DEATH UNNOTICED
Special to El Rrun-RrunSantos G. Benavides Sr. was well know to his neighbors in rural Oklahoma Avenue on the southeastern edge of Brownsville.At a spry 79, he could be seen tirelessly working on his...
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DO YOU STILL BLEED BROWN AND GOLD? REMEMBER THIS!
(Cheerleaders Bernice Manry, Bob Puckett, Johnny Cabler, and Bob Goodrich.)Special to El Rrun-RrunWay back in 1929, the Brownsville High School Eagles had a team with a perfect win-loss record.And to...
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ANOTHER ALDRETE; WILL HISTORY COME AROUND FULL CIRLCE
(Ed.'s Note; If you have not lived in Brownsville in the last three decades, the name Sara Aldrete probably doesn't mean a whole lot to you. But in the crazy days of Spring Break 1989, when a...
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FROM THE FRONTLINES: CAUTION, COVID-19 NOT OVER YET...
By Leslie BinghamFrom Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville on 5/1/2020:"There has been an increase in hospitalized COVID-19 and PUI cases in the county in recent days, and our daily new...
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TRUMP RELEASES UFO PICS; BRUCIAK WARNS OF DROUGHT
Special to El Rrun-RrunJut like Donald Trump authorized the release recordings by U.S. fighter pilots of alleged UFO sightings to divert attention to his dismal failure as a president and lack of...
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IS KRGV'S PLAN OUSTING ENGLISH MONOLINGUALS ONGOING?
By Juan MontoyaA few months ago, when Jenny Martinez, the news director for KRGV Channel 5, announced her sudden retirement after 38 years of journalism profession and 29 years at the station, she told...
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WAS EMTALA VIOLATED BY BFD NOT TRANSFERRING PATIENT?
Special to El Rrun-RrunIf you read the glowing article in the local daily Friday on the intrepid Brownsville Fire Department and its readiness to handle COVID-19 cases and to transport patients to area...
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