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LETTERS: On World Water Day today; the NRA and TB

The NRA is not ‘rational, respectful’I believe Eduardo Estrada’s recent letter comparing the AAA, AMA and NRA is absurd. While the NRA has never...

Returning Morris gives RGV Vipers late spark in win against Salt Lake City Stars

HIDALGO — Darius Morris arrived at State Farm Arena for the first game of his latest stint with the RGV Vipers only about 45...

Santos comes from behind to beat Chivas in Edinburg Liga MX match

EDINBURG — Liga MX soccer returned to H-E-B Park in Edinburg on Wednesday night when fan favorites Club Deportivo Guadalajara, known as Chivas, took...

Weslaco approves open enrollment for upcoming school year

WESLACO — Starting this summer, the Weslaco school district will begin opening its doors to students from all across the Rio Grande Valley by...

Motive remains unclear in Edinburg murder trial

EDINBURG — A woman once romantically linked to a man on trial for murder took the stand Wednesday to give her eyewitness account of...

Cruz, colleagues want to add ‘competitiveness’ to NAFTA talks

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and two of his Republican colleagues wrote a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposing a new chapter...

Prosecution rests case against Monte Alto man in straw purchase trial

McALLEN — The government rested its case Wednesday during a brief second day of testimony in the trial of a Monte Alto man accused...

Killer Bees, ice hockey to return to Rio Grande Valley in 2018

HIDALGO — Nostalgia was in the air, but so was fresh excitement with Wednesday’s announcement that the RGV Killer Bees would be returning to...

COMMENTARY: In frastructure, education and openness will bring more jobs to Texas

BY STATE REP. RENE O. OLIVEIRAHow do we keep the Texas economy growing and moving forward, when we face increasing competition from other states...

EDITORIAL: Importance of improving trade corridors to RGV, state and nation

At a joint committee field hearing held Tuesday in Weslaco with members of the Texas House Transportation Committee, and International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs...