🌱 Patch AM: How Harlingen neighbors are fighting to save their resaca for good

Morning Harlingen! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Harlingen neighbors are fighting to save their resaca for good
• Harlingen wins spot in national program to fund neighborhood improvements
• Cameron County judge to weigh killer's competency before scheduled execution

Also on today's calendar: Harlingen South vs Hanna and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 83, low: 74.
• Monday: A shower and t-storm; breezy, with a high of 82 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Harlingen residents form group to protect resaca from drying up again (krgv.com) — Neighbors along a Harlingen resaca that nearly dried up this summer have formed the Harlingen Resaca Restoration Project to keep water in the waterway year-round. The group is pursuing nonprofit status, funding for engineering and environmental studies, and partnering with Cameron County Drainage District Number 3 to find practical, long-term solutions that protect wildlife, drainage, and neighborhood quality of life.
   

• Birmingham Selected to Join Love Your Block, Helping Residents Improve Neighborhoods Citywide (birminghamtimes.com) — Harlingen has been selected to join the national Love Your Block program, bringing grant funding and expert support to help residents clean up vacant lots and improve neighborhood spaces. Alongside Birmingham and other cities, Harlingen will be able to launch small, resident-led projects that strengthen community ties and give locals a bigger voice in shaping their blocks.
   

• John Allen Rubio booked in Cameron County jail ahead of competency hearing (valleycentral.com) — From Harlingen, officials report that convicted killer John Allen Rubio has been moved to the Cameron County jail ahead of an Oct. 7 hearing on whether he's competent to be executed. Rubio, on death row since 2010 for murdering his three children in Brownsville, faces a defense motion arguing he lacks a rational understanding of his death sentence.
   

📸 Around Harlingen

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Harlingen

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 6
• Hanna at Harlingen South →
  Harlingen South High School, 1701 Dixieland Rd, Harlingen
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 6
• Harlingen South vs Hanna →
  Harlingen TX
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Harlingen South vs Porter →
  Harlingen TX
  7:00 pm
• Porter at Harlingen South →
  Harlingen South High School, 1701 Dixieland Rd, Harlingen
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 15
• The Taste of Harlingen 2026 →
  2425 Boxwood St, Harlingen
Saturday October 24
• Zombie 5K Run →
  Harlingen TX
• Veterans Memorial at Harlingen →
  1201 Marshall St, Harlingen
  12:30 am
• Mercedes at Harlingen South →
  Harlingen South High School, 1701 Dixieland Rd, Harlingen
  12:00 pm
Sunday October 25
• Pink Sunday Brunch →
  119 West Van Buren Avenue, Harlingen
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3
• Harlingen Girls Varsity Volleyball @ San Benito →
  San Benito High School, 450 S Oscar Williams Rd, San Benito
  1:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• MJMS Choir Fall Concert
  San Benito CISD San Benito, TX 78586
  5:30 pm
• Progreso Red Ants Volleyball at Santa Rosa →
  Santa Rosa High School, 102 North Main Street, Santa Rosa
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 10/1/26 POSTED 8:17am
  The Distribution & Collection Department is currently repairing an Emergency Waterline Break on: FM 1575 (Old Alice Rd.) The water outage is… (Nextdoor )
• 10/1/2026 Posted 10:35 PM
  The Distribution & Collection Department is currently repairing an Emergency Waterline Break on:   FM 1420  The water outage is affecting the… (Nextdoor )

• Papa John's - Sun Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Harlingen. Apply here.
• Hibbett Sports posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager (Full-time) - Harlingen, TX in Harlingen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Harlingen here.

🗞 Nearby News

Weslaco

• Weslaco EDC's New Logo Puts Growth Front and Center (texasborderbusiness.com)
• Rep. Martinez: U.S. Army designates Weslaco as preferred South Texas aviation hub (riograndeguardian.com)
• Weslaco Police Arrest Suspect After Stabbing at H-E-B (foxrgv.tv)

Brownsville

• Rosas: Los Fresnos Embraces Regional Cooperation Amid Brownsville, Port Industrial Growth (riograndeguardian.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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