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Runner John Cuvillier stands beside the running path, sweat dripping down his face, to cheer on his fellow runners Saturday morning at the 2nd annual “Christmas in July” run for the Brownsville Fire Department at the Brownsville Events Center.

Amid the blazing summer heat, McAllen is focusing on cooler days.

MERCEDES — As the Labor Department reports inflation reaching a four-decade high from rising food and fuel costs, the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley is still doing its part to provide relief to local residents, and on Wednesday, it distributed free food at the community recreation center and safe room here.

HARLINGEN - Azaria Castillo loves sea mammals.

A spectacular full moon is in store for sky watchers Wednesday night, when a phenomenon known as a buck moon shines down from the heavens.

Sony Rego, who co-owns Santa Fe Steakhouse, The Republic of the Rio Grande, and University Draft House, was recognized this weekend with the Outstanding Restaurateur of the Year award by the Texas Restaurant Association’s Rio Grande Valley Chapter.

San Benito hometown legend Freddy Fender, born Baldemar Huerta has been through it all, from a brief stint in prison to having multiple No.1 hit songs and winning many accolades in his career, but the one thing he strived to get before his death in 2006 was to get inducted into “Hillybilly Heaven,” the Country Music Hall of Fame as the first Mexican-American.

EDINBURG — Frida Kahlo was everywhere the eyes could see here at the city hall courtyard over the weekend. Her likeness was on canvas, her spirit was in the air, her legacy was painted on the faces of attendees at the city’s festival dedicated in her name, and thanks to Houston artist Anat Ronen, she was also on the very ground you walked on.

EDINBURG — Frida Kahlo was everywhere the eyes could see here at the city hall courtyard over the weekend. Her likeness was on canvas,...

As articles and reviews poured out for the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, California — also known as “The Cheech” — and the opening of its inaugural show “Cheech Collects” on June 18, one painting kept appearing again and again.