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Hellboy is coming to the Rio Grande Valley.

HARLINGEN — The Veterans Administration is honoring Vietnam Veterans and their families Wednesday at the Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic.

CAMERON COUNTY — Rey Mascorro, 19, strides into the shallow water in his waders Saturday morning along State Highway 48. From the clear blue waters, Mascorro pulls out tangled fishing lines and other trash and recyclables floating or buried under silt into a plastic bag in the popular fishing spot across the highway from Jaime J. Zapata Memorial Boat Ramp.

Volunteers grab equipment and get their instructions to pick up litter Saturday, March 25, 2023, during a cleanup organized by RGV Fishing Area and Waterway Cleanups at the Jaime J. Zapata Memorial Boat Ramp and the surrounding area. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)

WESLACO — What do you do with 1,000 sweet Texas onions? Open a food stand here at the Texas Onion Fest, apparently.

Thousands of amateur athletes, friends and family will descend on Brownsville in late July for the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation’s Summer Games of Texas, scheduled for July 27 to 30.

HARLINGEN — For merchants like GayLynn Foster, the new Downtown at Sundown festival is drawing zesty Saturday night crowds into shops along the city’s historic Jackson Street business district.

If your Easter weekend plans include visiting Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, there will be plenty of activities to keep everyone hopping.

Wednesday was a big day for Evelio and Gloria Palacios, who were feted by a small crowd gathered to welcome the couple into their new MiCASiTA home, located on Valle Hermoso Road in Southmost.

Rio Grande Valley residents are just days away from getting their onion blossom on.