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SAN BENITO — From completing school work and training for competitions to lending a helping hand with community events and volunteer work, these students’...

HARLINGEN — The countdown clock on the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival website says all anybody needs to say. Just 559 days to the next...

HARLINGEN — For weeks, many residents here have called for a site to test for the coronavirus. Soon, they might have testing options. On Tuesday, the...

HARLINGEN — Hopefully the Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum won’t accumulate too much dust during the COVID-19 shutdown. Joel Humphries is director of arts and...

Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. this morning provided residents with an update on how the county continues to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. Treviño said...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge seized a package of fentanyl hidden in a car. According to a CBP news...

HARLINGEN — Adjust, adapt, overcome. Those three words describe Harlingen’s Class of 2020, which has demonstrated its capacity for innovation in the midst of the...

The COVID-19 death toll in the Rio Grande Valley grew to 23 overnight after Cameron County reported late Tuesday evening that two women who’ve tested positive succumbed to the disease. According to a county news release, the women who died were ages 79 and 81 and have been linked to Veranda Nursing Home and Windsor Atrium, respectively. This brings the number of deaths in Cameron County to 16. Hidalgo County has reported sixth deaths, including a Weslaco resident announced earlier Tuesday evening, and Willacy County has recorded one death. Ten who’ve died have been linked to Veranda and five were tied to Windsor Atrium. At Veranda, 31 employees and 58 residents have tested positive; while Windsor Atrium also has 31 employees and 27 residents who’ve tested positive as well. Read the full story at themonitor.com.

The city of Pharr held a news conference Tuesday morning to announce new Census initiatives, including the launch of a Community Census Headquarters. The announcement was made at the new Census headquarters, located at 114 W. Cherokee, and streamed on the city’s Facebook page. Members of the city commission were in attendance, along with Senator Eddie Lucio Jr. and Hidalgo County Precinct 2 Commissioner Eddie Cantu. The facility will serve as a hub for Census-related information, and will have part-time workers who are available to take calls and assist community members with the decennial count. Read the full story at themonitor.com.

HARLINGEN — The Class of 2020 will not have a traditional commencement ceremony and will miss making memories at prom. With students unable to celebrate...