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TSTC Automotive Technology student aims to change perceptions

HARLINGEN — Gissela Hernandez Guzman recalled a time during her youth when her father had a successful automotive shop. His interest in repairing automobiles...

TSTC prepares aviation maintenance students to fill technician shortage

HARLINGEN — Highly skilled aircraft technicians are in short supply, and the aviation maintenance program at Texas State Technical College is training students in...

Valley’s young accordionists get their squeeze on in Edinburg

EDINBURG — Silence filled the air here at the Promenade Park Amphitheater as one by one accordionists lined up for their chance to show off their musical skills. That's when the silence ceased.

Photo Gallery: Valley’s young accordionists get their squeeze on in Edinburg

EDINBURG — The city of Edinburg partnered with the Museum of South Texas History and Texas Folklife to host the annual Edinburg Music Fest, which featured the 17th annual Big Squeeze Conjunto Semi-Finals.

Two new members of TSTC campus police vow to serve and protect

HARLINGEN — The Texas State Technical College police department held an oath of office swearing-in ceremony Thursday, April 13, at the Learning Resource Center...

Edinburg CISD extra pay hearing ends with ex-consultant’s testimony

A marathon 11-hour due process hearing for two Edinburg CISD administrators accused of inappropriately taking $57,000 in overpayments ended Wednesday with former finance consultant Jesse Muniz saying he wasn’t the one who authorized the payments.

Saenz retires from La Joya ISD; board appoints interim

In a 4-3 vote Wednesday, the La Joya ISD Board of Trustees appointed Beto Gonzalez interim superintendent after accepting the resignation of Gisela Saenz.

San Benito school board debates public comment

SAN BENITO — Public comment is back on the San Benito school board’s table.

Gov. Abbott met with protest, support during stump for school vouchers in visit to...

McALLEN — A group of a few dozen protesters with signs and the red and black United Farm Workers flags marched up and down the sidewalk just beyond the fenced perimeter of Covenant Christian Academy Wednesday evening.

Photo Gallery: Gov. Abbott met with protest, support during stump for school vouchers in...

McALLEN — A group of a few dozen protesters with signs and the red and black United Farm Workers flags marched up and down...