SpaceX is quietly standing up a volunteer fire department to serve the sprawling launch-and-manufacturing Starbase complex, tightening its control over emergency response at a site known for rapid — ...

Cameron County commissioners on Tuesday approved an agreement that will turn over control over some parts of Boca Chica Beach to Starbase, the new city near SpaceX's launch site. (Brenda Bazán For The ...

The City of Starbase is now official. On Tuesday morning, the Cameron County Commissioners Court certified the May 3 election results that created the new city near Elon Musk's rocket launch site ...

Elon Musk hasn't only made his mark on the federal government — he's making himself known in local Texas bureaucracy, too. Residents in southern Texas voted to incorporate the area around a SpaceX ...

The newest city in the Rio Grande Valley isn't really a "city" in any traditional sense. Yes, it has residents and, yes, it has elected officials. But it also is home to sleek, towering rockets that ...

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The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially became a city — aptly named ‘Starbase’. The decision followed a vote on Saturday, where a small group of residents, primarily SpaceX employees, ...

McALLEN, Texas — The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase. A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved ...