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Big benefits to tasty tomatoes

Tomatoes are enjoyed in many types of dishes, including sauces, salads, stews, soups, vegetable drinks and pizza. This fruit, or vegetable (both terms are legal), is also one of the most “in demand” in super markets, farm stands, and farmers markets across the United States.

Sometimes it’s just an interesting bush

An estimated 1,200 plants are native to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, making it an enormous selection from which to choose when considering populating a native habitat in your home garden. That number includes plants, vines, shrubs and trees. That is a lot of choice.

Internship at energy company helps TSTC Mechatronics Technology student refine his skills

HARLINGEN — Leonel Perez, a Mechatronics Technology student at Texas State Technical College, recently began an internship with Oncor Electric Delivery in Big Spring.

RESULTS: May 4, 2024 elections for RGV cities and schools

Here are the unofficial results from Hidalgo County and Cameron County cities and schools in the May 4, 2024 elections.

From South Texas to Azerbaijan, feds say Rep. Cuellar took bribes to push former...

A sprawling 54-page indictment against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, details allegations about how he used his position in Congress to influence legislation beneficial to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan while his wife took bribes from that country under the guise of consulting contracts.

‘It’s beautiful’: Mexican, Valley artists color MXLAN with splashes of culture

McALLEN — If MXLAN is a canvas, it's been painted this weekend with a color palette of rich traditions, cultures and customs. An exhibition of life in Latin America.

Harlingen faithful join Jews everywhere to remember the Holocaust as Yom HaShoah

HARLINGEN — The plates with the beitzah and the karpas and the charoset sat on the tables before the celebrants as they listened to the rabbi.

TSTC Dental Hygiene and Emergency Medical Services students fly high at first SkillsUSA state...

HARLINGEN — Recently some Texas State Technical College Dental Hygiene and Emergency Medical Services students won medals during their first time competing at a SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary State Leadership and Skills Conference.