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McALLEN — After three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic people are now enduring the effects it had on both physical and mental well-being.

To celebrate the opening of an exhibition about the history of South Texas and how artists creatively challenge racial and environmental injustices, a reception...

A Weslaco man accused of shooting and killing a 41-year-old man at a strip club in 2017 pleaded guilty on March 20 and has been sentenced to prison.

The Mercedes school board voted Wednesday to take no action on its superintendent search or applications for the position.

EDINBURG — “Howdy,” Texas A&M College of Medicine Dean Dr. Amy Ware told a room full of generally influential and well-connected people at DHR Health Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced Wednesday that the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was awarded two federal grants for more than $2 million.

Unidos Contra la Diabetes hosts its inaugural Diabetes Alert Day at Proyecto Juan Diego in Brownsville Tuesday morning. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)

HARLINGEN — Sheri Smith gave a heart-wrenching delivery of the Star-Spangled Banner Wednesday morning at the Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic, where veterans and their families gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

Rich Products announced earlier this year that it planned to spend more than $116.5 million to expand its food manufacturing and distribution facility in Brownsville.

HARLINGEN — Veterans and their families gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War Wednesday morning at the Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic.