CDCB, BC Workshop officially launch DreamBuild in Los Fresnos
BC Workshop and Come Dream Come Build, formerly the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, officially launched their DreamBuild modular affordable housing program in Los Fresnos on Thursday.
UTRGV-Edinburg CISD Collegiate High School completion delayed
At a budget workshop meeting on Monday, Edinburg CISD gave an update to the collegiate high school with UTRGV which is now projecting completion by late May or early June, later than originally planned.
Valley couple who smuggled exotic animals sentenced to prison, probation
A Rio Grande Valley couple who were arrested late last year for smuggling exotic animals have been sentenced, court records show.
MOSTHistory Sunday Speaker Series discusses struggle for migrant field sanitation
The Museum of South Texas History will host the Sunday Speaker Series presentation, “Rebecca Flores and the Struggle for Field Sanitation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley,” featuring Brent Campney at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the Courtyard Gallery.
Hidalgo County generator program aided vulnerable residents amid power outages
Hidalgo County is celebrating the success of its generator program amid wide-ranging power outages over the weekend.
Harlingen breaks ground on $20 million air traffic control tower
HARLINGEN — A $20 million project to build a new air traffic control tower marks Valley International Airport’s opening of a “pivotal” era, area and state leaders said Wednesday.
Brownsville ISD to consider renaming consolidated schools
Brownsville ISD will hold three school renaming committee meetings on Thursday to decide what to call the recently consolidated elementary schools in Southmost: Cromack and Josephine Castaneda, Rosa E. Del Castillo and Morningside, and Judge Reynaldo G. Garza and Southmost.
San Juan man says he felt ‘alive’ choking dog to death
A 21-year-old San Juan man told police he felt “alive” when he choked his neighbor’s pug to death after stealing it from her residence on April 13, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Harlingen conservatory star awarded grant to pursue advanced theater studies
HARLINGEN — There’s a power in her movements and a confidence in her speech and a physical dexterity in her performances which capture the attentions of her audiences.
Phở-nominal bowls of flavor at Lê Phở House in Weslaco
WESLACO — Wanting to try something new and different, I came to Lê Phở House — a Vietnamese kitchen in Weslaco — with an open mind and I left with a stomach full of delicious noodles, broth, beef and a curiosity into a new cuisine.
