🌱 Where and when Rio Grande City’s emergency weather shelter is open
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In today's newsletter:
- Where and when Rio Grande City’s emergency weather shelter is open
- How much produce is really crossing through Rio Grande City?
- Why more troops are arriving just west of Rio Grande City
Also on today's calendar: King High School Football vs Grulla and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 73.
- Monday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rio Grande City opens shelter due to weather (valleycentral.com) — Rio Grande City is opening its Public Safety Building as an overnight shelter this weekend for residents needing a safe place from the stormy weather. Doors open at midnight and stay open through Monday morning, with police and fire crews patrolling neighborhoods. Bring medications, pillows, and blankets, and make separate arrangements for pets while you ride out the bad weather safely. 
• Refrigerated Truck Volumes: Potatoes Top USDA Report for Week Ended Sept 29, 2026 (indexbox.io) — Fresh produce shipments through Rio Grande City’s border crossing included more than 50 ten-thousand-pound units of watermelons in the latest USDA report, underscoring the city’s role in the Mexico–Texas trade corridor. Overall, potatoes led national refrigerated truck volumes, with strong movements of avocados, onions, and grapes. The data highlights how cross-border produce traffic supports trucking, warehousing, and related jobs in and around Rio Grande City.
• Hundreds of US Troops Move to Texas Border, Coast Guard Reports Gunfire From Mexico (ntd.com) — Border security is tightening just west of Rio Grande City, where hundreds of U.S. troops are being repositioned to the Rio Grande Valley after Coast Guard personnel took gunfire near Garceno. Officials say no one was hurt, but new forces will expand patrols and surveillance along the river. Residents can expect a more visible military and law-enforcement presence in the region.
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🗞 Nearby News
Mission
- Mission Historical Museum announces 2026 community altar exhibit (wintertexantimes.com)
- We Buy Houses Mission, TX: Top 4 Companies (homelight.com)
- Join the Mission Pink Walk/Run: Unite, inspire, and save lives in the fight against breast cancer (wintertexantimes.com)
McAllen
- McAllen International Airport Launches Expanded Ticketless Parking Options (texasborderbusiness.com)
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