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Prime deliveries: Amazon cargo flights appear at VIA

HARLINGEN — Yet another airline is now flying into Valley International Airport. The livery of the new planes is white, with a large blue “Prime...

First-generation success: TSC tutor found herself by helping others

Texas Southmost College took college mathematics tutor and student Delia Hernandez from a first-generation high school graduate to a first-generation college graduate -- an...

Healthy relationship: UT and H-E-B team up for in-store clinics

Easy access to health care is a problem for many people, though University of Texas Health Rio Grande Valley and H-E-B have teamed up...

UTRGV Class of 2021 celebrates in-person ceremony

The day dawned clear and bright as the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley graduates of 2021 took to the stage at 8 a.m....

Brownsville woman appointed deputy director at White House

Natalie Montelongo's childhood story is not very different from that of many first-generation Americans in this border city. Born in Harlingen and raised in Matamoros,...

Downlink Brownsville: NASA astronauts to answer local questions

Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet on the International Space Station will answer prerecorded questions from 10 Brownsville Independent School District high school seniors...

Experts: Herd immunity is unlikely; say vaccine hesitancy puts goal out of reach

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope was that when a vaccine was available and enough people got it, the United States would reach...

Cards’ Champ: Harlingen senior Garcia sets record in 100-meter dash state title win

AUSTIN — Harlingen High’s Jose Garcia spent two years preparing for the biggest 10 seconds of his entire career. After finishing ninth in the 100-meter...

Near death, nurse says she refused ventilator in bid to fight COVID with her...

Dub her the mother of all survivors. Jo Ann Cavazos of San Benito has recently been cleared to go back to work as a licensed...

Harlingen’s Garcia, Lasara’s Rodriguez take second in field events at State Track & Field...

AUSTIN — A senior superstar and a freshman phenom stole the show with a pair of second-place finishes to lead a group of five...