Good morning, Brownsville.

Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez said at a mixer (International Banks of Commerce on July 30) that the RioPlex region must create more jobs to keep young talent and compete with the Texas Triangle, urging economic developers to work together for better investment and opportunities.

Texas schools must implement new heat safety rules for football and band practices starting Saturday as the University Interscholastic League replaces the heat index with the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature+ a measure to better gauge outdoor heat stress.

The National Weather Service Brownsville office says the valley will be hotter and drier from August to October with moderate to major heat risk and worsening drought + wildfire threats may rise, but a strong El Niño could bring rain in October.

Authorities captured a ten-foot-long alligator from a Los Fresnos pool last week and safely relocated it.

A crew from the South Padre Island Birding Nature and Alligator Sanctuary handled the capture in about 15 minutes while warning that feeding protected alligators can lead to fines.

Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will visit the Port of Brownsville to meet with local leaders and industry partners to discuss how American energy dominance drives economic growth.