The future of animal sheltering
By Lee Ann Shenefiel
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everything, but for animal welfare that disruption may catapult communities across the country into the future...
COMMENTARY: River and Resaca Development
By Eugene Fernandez, Special to the Herald
To more completely understand the geography of the Rio Grande and its delta region, inclusive of its resacas...
LETTERS: Tejano heroes undercounted
Texas history has long forgotten the Tejanos who fought with Gen.
Sam Houston’s Texas army against Gen. Santa Anna’s Mexican army on April 21, 1836...
LETTERS: Promote Census
The city of Brownsville could be doing much more to encourage its residents to fill out their 2020 Census forms. The census information is...
LETTERS: Bill relief requested
Without a doubt, a significant percentage of our population will be facing hard times, owing to the COVID-19 virus and related emergency requirements imposed...
LETTERS: They’re not hoarders
In response to This is in response to “Stockpiled,” your editorial printed March 31. Do you know what a hoarder is? A hoarder is...
LETTERS: Nonchalant distancing
The new provisions and sanctions for global health safety should pose as a tactical individual standard, but for the multitudes the destructive power of...
COVID rules exaggerated
From the president to our local officials, everybody is concerned about this pandemic. The recommendations they have imposed on the citizens, like isolation and...
Facilities need help
As a social work student, I was shocked when I learned about the reality of assisted living facilities in the state of Texas. The...
COMMENTARY: Building fire protection
By Eugene Fernandez
On May 8, 1908, Mayor Frederic Combe’s administration carried out an overhaul of Market Square, whitewashing it and proposing that screens be...