Alerts VMS

HARLINGEN — Facing animal rights advocates’ condemnation of euthanasia rates, city officials are taking steps to better clean and disinfect the new Harlingen animal shelter following a distemper outbreak, while considering vaccinating dogs and cats before entering.

EDINBURG — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was awarded over $18 million in grant money to help fund the research efforts at the RGV Center for Cancer Health Disparities.

Comfort can mean everything to a breast cancer patient, and having to travel back and forth from hospitals and clinics hundreds of miles away is not exactly the most comfortable of circumstances.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has charged a 47-year-old McAllen man in the crash that killed a Cameron County Precinct 1 deputy constable.

Sunshine Haven, the end-of-life care facility in Olmito, announced a new program called “Music for the Soul,” which will have its debut on Friday.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Cameron County Precinct 1 Deputy Constable Ruben Garcia, who was hit and killed by an alleged intoxicated driver on Monday.

Cities in the Rio Grande Valley are expressing support for a liquefied natural gas terminal project at the Port of Brownsville that will face additional scrutiny after its federal authorization was vacated by the D.C. Circuit Court in an Aug. 6 ruling in response to an anti-LNG lawsuit.

LOS FRESNOS — For five years, Mariaelena Villarreal’s camera has been flashing a national spotlight on the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center’s Conjunto Festival, the rousing two-day show that helped put San Benito on the map as the birthplace of conjunto music.

Valley International Airport is putting Delta Air Lines on the tarmac, offering non-stop flights to Austin.

A Cameron County Precinct 1 deputy was hit and killed Monday night while assisting with another crash.