Vela prompts largest turnout for ‘Coffee With’ session
SAN BENITO — U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela said entering Congress was like entering his freshman year of college. “When I was first elected to...
Innovative RGV reef aims to boost fish populations
Thanks largely to the efforts of a three-man nonprofit organization calling itself “Friends of RGV Reef,” an unprecedented project to boost fish populations along...
International collaboration proves Einstein correct
BROWNSVILLE – With a little help from UTRGV, scientists have detected gravitational waves, ripples through the fabric of spacetime, experimentally verifying Albert Einstein’s last...
UTRGV physicists helps observe gravitational waves
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) scientists have detected gravitational waves, ripples through the fabric of spacetime, experimentally verifying Albert Einstein’s last prediction of general...
State Senate leader tours Valley’s transportation systems
HARLINGEN — The Valley’s transportation infrastructure was on display last week during an intensive, four-day visit by the chair of one of the Texas...
Cascos: Valley’s growth ‘encouraging’
MERCEDES — “Encouraging.”Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos spoke simply this past week when expressing enthusiasm over the continued progress his native Rio Grande...
Padre Island Highway location also on list
BROWNSVILLE — The Walmart Supercenter at 7480 Padre Island Highway in Brownsville is among dozens of locations around the country that will close permanently,...
Ministerial Association president to receive Hero for Children award
The State Board of Education will honor the president of the Brownsville Ministerial Association as a Hero for Children for his work providing meals...
Former Port Isabel coach pleads guilty to injury to a child
A former Port Isabel assistant football and power-lifting coach pleaded guilty today to a charge of injury to a child.
Joseph Andrew Sadler appeared before...
Smithsonian traveling exhibit, local collections pay tribute to local sports
EDINBURG — A new exhibit can give Rio Grande Valley residents a chance to interact with the history of sports in communities across the...