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Valley children can win SPI family vacations by writing and drawing

Valley children who write and draw might find themselves building sandcastles with their families for an entire week at South Padre Island next summer. For...

Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit investigating incident in rural Hidalgo County

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and MARK REAGAN The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident east of U.S. 281 on FM 490 after a man...

Bees attack group of migrants near Peñitas

Border Patrol says bees swarmed and attacked a group of migrants near Peñitas on Wednesday. In a news release, Border Patrol says a Honduran woman...

SpaceX draft assessment released

The Federal Aviation Administration today released a draft programmatic environmental assessment of SpaceX's future plans for Starship/Super Heavy development at Boca Chica, with a...

Saving lives every day: PA works tirelessly to help COVID patients

HARLINGEN —Vanessa Cobarrubias begins her day at around 7 a.m. and ends her day at 1 a.m. She works every single day, on Sundays...

Walgreens pharmacists, pharmacy techs to receive bonuses

Walgreens has announced it will be giving out bonuses to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to reward them for the work they have been doing...

McAllen school shooting threat deemed a hoax

McALLEN — School shooting threats at McAllen Memorial High School on Friday were deemed a hoax by local officials, who say there is no...

Harmony Public Schools to offer online learning options for Brownsville students

Harmony Public Schools has announced that it will offer full virtual learning to eligible students at its Brownsville campus beginning Oct. 4. The announcement was...

Cameron County reports 6 COVID-19 deaths, all unvaccinated

County health officials said Thursday that six more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes. Of these deaths, none were fully vaccinated....

Harlingen leaders narrowly passing tax rate; Uribe, Puente cast votes against proposal

HARLINGEN — The city’s property tax rate is being set — by a thin margin. Earlier this week, Harlingen city commissioners voted 4-1 to pass...