The Brownsville Herald

The Region One Education Service Center recently announced that several border school districts have received two grants totaling to support counseling and mental health programs for students. We hope the recipients can use the funding to support holistic programs that include parents as a vital part of supporting students as well as identifying and addressing any potential problems.

FALCON HEIGHTS — For farmers in the Rio Grande Valley, things are getting desperate.

McALLEN — Walking into Arnoldo "Nano" Ramirez's office is like walking through a museum dedicated to the history of live music and entertainment in the Rio Grande Valley for the latter part of the 20th century.

Charro Days Fiesta 2024 gets underway at 1 p.m. Saturday when Baile Del Sol kicks off the beloved annual celebration in front of Charro Days headquarters at 455 E. Elizabeth St. in downtown Brownsville.

Now we're at more than 18,000 ballots cast.

Juan Anciso spent the past 22 years as a "boots on the ground" problem solver for Texas commodity and vegetable crop producers in South Texas. He doesn't expect that to change in his new role as the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulture program leader and associate head of the department of horticultural sciences.

I've spent the last few months doing a deep dive into the history of Palm Valley Animal Society's first 50 years. It's a wild and wooly story with a happy ending, but it's never been a smooth ride. About the only common denominator throughout has been our partnership with the City of McAllen, whom we honored last Saturday at our Puppy Love Golden Gala with our first-ever Visionary Award. Not only have they stuck with us through multiple rate increases and given us extra help when needed, they've made their own proactive changes in how they approach their lost and stray animal population.

rownsville ISD began consideration of a plan to combine three pairs of elementary schools in the Southmost area: Cromack and Castaneda, Garza and Southmost and Del Castillo and Morningside.

Who owns the products of publicly funded research — the companies that created the products, or the people, through the government, who made the research possible?