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Photo Gallery: Texas Southmost College holds active attack full scale exercise

BROWNSVILLE — Local, state and federal authorities participated in a drill Wednesday at Texas Southmost College to learn their strengths and weaknesses should they...

TFA’s Moses Hetfield guides 12th-graders at IDEA College Preparatory San Juan

Moses Hetfield, Teach For America RGV ’21 Corps, teaches AP U.S. government and AP economics to 12th-graders at IDEA College Preparatory San Juan.

PSJA school board OKs $53K Takis chips donation from trucking company

Takis were in ample supply at the PSJA school district earlier this month.

Former San Benito district tech director appeals firing, disputes timetable

SAN BENITO — The San Benito school district’s former technology director is appealing his termination following a cyber extortion ring’s breach of the computer system that’s left more than 20,000 employees’ and students’ personal information open for theft on the dark web.

TSTC and South Texas ISD to offer Computer Programming dual enrollment classes

HARLINGEN — A new dual enrollment partnership between Texas State Technical College and South Texas Independent School District will offer online Computer Programming Technology...

2 contested races for Sharyland school board election

Voters in Sharyland ISD will see two contested elections on their ballots in May.

TSTC grad and firefighter credits success to Emergency Medical Services program

HARLINGEN — A paramedic often works side by side with firefighters to provide advanced medical support when helping a patient in a medical crisis. Texas...

UTRGV professor elected to national engineering organization

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Professor Karen Lozano has been elected into the National Academy of Engineering, making her the first from the institution to receive the honor and one of only three Texan elected in this year’s cohort.

Head Start discovery park development to continue on smaller budget

McALLEN — The Hidalgo County Head Start Program outdoor learning project originally slated to get underway in 2021 appears to once again be back on track, albeit with a significantly reduced budget.

IDEA moves toward re-consolidating superintendent, CEO roles

IDEA Public Schools wants the Texas Education Agency to re-consolidate the district’s CEO and superintendent roles into one position.