Vaccines and viruses once again making a grand appearance
Four candidates seeking office during South Padre Island special election
The city of South Padre Island holds a special election Feb. 3 to fill Place 5 on the City Council following the death on Dec. 1 of Eva Jean Dalton, first elected to the seat in November 2018.
State Highway 4 in Brownsville to get $20M makeover
Road construction is coming to International Boulevard/State Highway 4 in Brownsville for more than two years, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
Rosca de Reyes highlights Three Kings Day in Valley communities
La Rosca De Reyes being made and for sale at La Mexicano Bakery and Cake Shop on Friday in Edinburg. Families across the Valley were preparing to celebrate Dia de los Reyes. Also known as Epiphany, the day is meant to honor the Three Wise Men, or Three Kings, who were said to have visited the infant Jesus and brought him gifts. The day marks the end of the Christmas season.
Color blind painter from McAllen making big impression
McALLEN — The swirling colors of the sky with its flaming spheres and waves churning roll around the concrete irrigation pipe to give a new kind of movement and vitality to the iconic image of "The Starry Night."
Rio Grande Valley’s Art Hurtado hand picked to run in Hawaiian 100-mile race
Brownsville's Art Hurtado is one of 135 distance runners hand picked to compete in the Hurt 100, a mountain trail endurance race through the semi-tropical rain forest above Honolulu, Hawaii.
Smaller Valley schools struggled to meet state score averages
With the Texas Education Agency releasing its yearly Academic Performance Reports after a collaborative lawsuit to challenge last-minute changes to the grading system, large valley school districts passed with flying colors while smaller school districts struggled to meet the state average.
Teen charged as adult in fatal Cameron Park shooting
A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult for the May 2023 murder of a 22-year-old man in Cameron Park.
The end of the Pharr Interchange Project construction is in sight
