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Construction to begin at popular Arroyo City park

Work to resurface roadways and parking lot improvements at popular Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park is set to begin in about a week. The work...

Texas business activity soars for manufacturing and services

DALLAS — About a week ago, Texas released its worst employment report in months, losing 27,500 jobs in February. But that contraction may soon become...

Padre Island Brewing Company to be featured on TV series

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Whether it’s a unique place to eat, listen to music or site to visit, this award winning TV series aims...

Family opens small business after having food truck

HARLINGEN — A business idea that started with a mobile food truck has now evolved into so much more. Kathy Ledezma, along with her husband...

Social media propels family’s Easter egg business

With Easter Sunday right around the corner, many Easter egg vendors have begun popping up around street corners to sell the traditional and colorful...

PHOTOS: Roll with it Harlingen

By Maricela Rodriguez | Valley Morning Star

American Airlines pans Texas voting bill

American Airlines Group Inc. said it's "strongly opposed" to a voting rights bill passed by the Texas Senate, days after watching rival Delta Air...

Port embarks on projects totaling $6.8M

HARLINGEN — The Port of Harlingen has begun preliminary work on five projects funded with state transportation grants. The funding, from the Rider 38 Grant...

City mulls $2.6M golf course overhaul; Upgrades planned to pull Tony Butler from $400K...

HARLINGEN — After about three years of debate, city leaders are planning as much as a $2.6 million overhaul of the Tony Butler Golf...

Semana Santa Losses: Travel ban impacts border business for second year, but this time...

Restrictions on non-essential travel across the U.S.-Mexico border are now in place on both sides of the Rio Grande. And for the second straight year,...