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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.

RGV Boys State Alumni Group sponsors interviewed this year’s Texas Boys State finalists for 2023 Statesmen recently at Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Conference Center in Weslaco. Precinct 1 County Commissioner David Fuentes hosted the event.

Felix Jimenez is a 2021 Rio Grande Valley Teach For America corps member and a 7th grade social studies teacher at Vanguard Rembrandt Secondary in Pharr.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The usual sights and sounds of college students chanting on the beach while soaking up the sun and alcoholic beverages...

Last Saturday, about 150 people gathered in and around the house at the corner of East Avenue and Tulipan Street in Southmost to help Teodoro Ramirez, a retired gardener, celebrate his 100th birthday.

Local children tried their hand at running the show at the Harlingen Farmer's Market with a Kids Market of their own.

Volunteers stuff plastic Easter eggs with candy Saturday, March 18, 2023, for the City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department’s upcoming annual Easter egg hunt Eggstravaganza at the Downtown Rec Center. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)