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Cinemark giving away 1,000 private watch parties for Halloween

Cinemark is celebrating Halloween by giving away 1,000 Private Watch Parties – putting big screams on the big screen this Halloween. Registration for the Private Watch...

SBA offers grants to boost export business

HARLINGEN — The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced some $440,000 has been handed to the Texas Department of Agriculture to help state farmers...

Schwarz named Texas Dentist of the Year

Harlingen dentist Gary M. Schwarz was named the 2020 Texas Dentist of the Year at the Texas Academy Awards celebration. The award is considered the...

COVID-19 disruptions could mean manufacturing boost to Valley

HARLINGEN — Disruptions in manufacturing supply chains caused by COVID-19 are leading American business executives to re-assess their dependence on foreign companies and that...

Christmas shopping poised to show inequity in K-shaped recovery

By Olivia Rockeman and Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg News This Christmas will be one of exorbitant spending and lavish gifts for many American families. It'll also be...

Empowered Woman: Layer Boutique owner shares career journey

Wearing white sneakers, gray jeans and a flowery top, Sonia Villar welcomed us to her boutique last week just a few days after they...

CDCB receives $2M housing grant to develop prototype dwellings

Come Dream Come Build, the affordable-housing nonprofit formerly known as the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, has been chosen by Enterprise Community Partners and...

SPI receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Year after year, the quality of this coastal city’s budgeting continues to be award-worthy. The City of South Padre Island received...

New Texas Regional Bank branch, Tropical Smoothie Café open in San Benito

HARLINGEN — Two new business openings this week have invigorated San Benito business officials, who see the investments in a new Texas Regional Bank...

Brownsville Navigation District cuts tax rate

The Brownsville Navigation District Board of Commissioners approved lowering the overall tax rate for property owners living within the district with an effective date...