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Hidalgo County health employees seek hazard pay for COVID-19 work

When healthcare workers began treating patients sick with COVID-19, some were paid hazard pay for working in potentially life-threatening conditions. That wasn't the case for...

Telling their own stories: New RGV film center, archive kicks off first communal project

McALLEN — An artist-run community film center and regional archive has emerged in the Rio Grande Valley, with its focus on the creation, exhibition...

400 moved through Alamo stash house, harboring suspect says

A Mexican citizen accused of running an Alamo stash house said he had been their for four months waiting to be smuggled north and...

Erin Gamez announces bid for state representative

Erin Elizabeth Gamez, a South Texas attorney, has announced her bid to be the Democratic candidate for the Texas State Representative seat for District...

Local artists to perform at Fiesta de Palmas

McALLEN — Fiesta de Palmas will celebrate its 15th year with local talent serving as the official headliners for the event. The festival will kick...

Lawsuit targets Diocese of Brownsville on sexual assault allegations

A civil lawsuit filed against the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville that alleges church officials tried to protect a priest accused in the alleged sexual...

Collage artist joins South Padre Island art community

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — As someone who grew up with a family of artists and advocates of the arts, Kristi Abbott quickly discovered what...

Photo Gallery: Businesses, schools show support for SpaceX

Despite the rainy start due to the cold front, a sizeable crowd of more than 80 well-wishers gathered by the Starbase sign outside of...

A big ‘Thank you’: Businesses, schools show support for SpaceX

Despite the rainy start due to the cold front, a sizeable crowd of more than 80 well-wishers gathered by the Starbase sign outside of...

Photo Gallery: Michelangelo in McAllen

Last week, half a millennium after Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, crews unloaded all 5,000-odd square feet of his frescoes reproduced...