Love and war: Ukrainian-Russian couple left everything behind to be together in South Texas
There, in an airport on the other side of the world, Vladyslav Gargun and Violetta Gruzdeva saw each other for the first time. They had previously met online and got to know each other during the summer of 2021, but not like this. Not face to face. And not as the world was rapidly changing around them. But at that moment, when they finally shared the same space, love took over, and the world stopped for them.
Bittersweet: Iconic Pharr bakery to close
PHARR — You have to wonder, stepping into Irma’s Sweet Shoppe, how on earth anyone packed so much character into 5,000 square feet.
Unaccompanied veteran burial held in honor of local serviceman
MISSION — The ceremony was brief, lasting just over ten minutes Wednesday morning, but that didn’t diminish the sentiment his fellow servicemen felt.
Valley residents’ ‘I Love Chamoy’ and Japanese cotton cheesecake recipes among top 10 in...
Two Valley families will be showcasing their culinary skills after making it into the top 10 finalists competing to get their items on the shelves of all H-E-Bs.
Community, communication emphasized as Valley students return to school
EDINBURG — Despite two-and-a-half years of pandemic, very real fears over school security and a raging political discourse about on-campus morality, there was an unmistakable sense of optimism in the air at IDEA Toros College Preparatory’s first day of school Monday.
Photo Gallery: 82nd Annual Texas International Fishing Tournament Awards Ceremony
Curbside recycling being offered to Brownsville, Rancho Viejo residents
Curbside recycling has come to Brownsville making it easier for residents to rid their homes of recyclable items without having to drive a few miles to a recycling center.
Photo Gallery: Anglers flock to SPI for historic fishing tournament
Best Perseid meteor views expected Aug. 12-13
Get ready! The fully-dark to pre-dawn hours of the Aug. 12-13 are the absolute best times to go Perseid meteor shower hunting, although the moon will be full which means only the brightest meteors will be visible. Astronomers are predicting a rate of as many as one per minute between midnight and the early morning. The comet debris from Swift/Tuttle is good about outbursts of meteors and fireballs.
