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Reporting from six Valley outlets — KRGV, Telemundo 40, ValleyCentral, Border Report, The Monitor, and Progress Times. Peñitas stories first. Their content, linked and attributed. Spanish-language stories are AI-translated and labeled — the link always opens the original.

The Monitor (MyRGV)
Penitas man, 68, dies in crash after driver of Ford F-250 runs stop sign
A 68-year-old Penitas man died after a Ford F‑250 driver ran a stop sign and collided with his Kia Optima, then struck a FedEx truck in a three‑vehicle crash on Texan Road and 5 Mile Line north of Palmview. The Ford driver, a passenger, and the FedEx driver were taken to hospital with non‑life‑threatening injuries, and the crash remains under investigation.
Sep 4, 2026 · AI description
KRGV Channel 5
Friday, Sept. 11, 2026: Hot and breezy, temps in the 100s
Download our free KRGV FIRST WARN 5 Weather app for the latest updates right on your phone.
Sep 11, 2026
Progress Times
Diamondbacks take on Gators
Progress Times’ Game of the week: Pioneer vs Grulla After losing key players through the first two weeks of the season, the Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks are focusing on building up and getting healthy before district play begins in two weeks. Progress Times spoke with Pioneer head football coach Eddie Galindo. In an…
Sep 11, 2026
ValleyCentral CBS 4
DEA McAllen seizes 2,000 pounds of alleged meth from cabbage shipment
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The DEA McAllen office seized over 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine, the DEA Houston office announced Thursday. According to the DEA Houston office, the methamphetamine was found hidden within a shipment of cabbage. "This major seizure is part of a Homeland Security Taskforce Investigation, conducted jointly with HSI, FBI, CBP, USB, and [...]
Sep 11, 2026
The Monitor (MyRGV)
Texas A&M McAllen names first chief of staff
Cyndi Beltran has been appointed the inaugural chief of staff for the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen, beginning this month. In the role she will support the leadership team, coordinate strategic initiatives and oversee executive events. Beltran brings a decade of experience at four Rio Grande Valley law firms and ten years with the Texas A&M School of Public Health.
Sep 11, 2026 · AI description
Telemundo 40 · video Español
El homenaje al 11-S llegó hasta el Palacio de Buckingham | TELEMUNDO 40
Sep 11, 2026 · in Spanish
KRGV Channel 5 · video
KRGV CHANNEL 5 NEWS Update - September 11
Sep 11, 2026
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Collection station hours
The Citizens Collection Station is open Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; it is closed Wednesday an… more
Permit fees
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Peñitas Central

Your city, in one place

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The Money — budget, taxes, audits
6,495
The People — ages, incomes, Social Security
1990
History — the city since 1990
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Trash & brush — schedules & reporting
Sep 15
Events — meetings & the calendar
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Documents — budgets, minutes, notices
The money

Public money, explained

Qualified
Audit opinion
FY 2025

The auditor issued a qualified opinion for governmental and business‑type activities, but an unmodified opinion for the General Fund.

official document verified in source retrieved 2026-08-31

Where does the money go? See the full breakdown

Living here

What Peñitas looks like

6,495
people live here
2025 · source
verified in source
$1.7M
sales tax paid to the city
2025 · source
verified in source
11
sworn police officers
2025 · source
verified in source
0.3
violent crimes per 1,000 residents
2025 · source
computed by us from the cited figures

Ages, incomes, Social Security — see it all