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Cold front triggers rip current alert

HARLINGEN — Weather forecasters issued warnings this morning about sea and beach conditions following the cold front which swept through South Texas on Sunday.A...

Women We Love: Letty Reyes’ passion has brought better quality of life to Edinburg

EDINBURG — Letty Reyes enthusiastically listed the cultural events hosted in Edinburg — Artrageous, Fridafest, the South Texas Film Festival, a Dia De Los...

Artist effectively evokes feeling through three different approaches

BY NANCY MOYERHouston artist, David McGee, believes in the creative perception. His emotional response to objects or situations determines the medium he will use...

COMMENTARY: Texas must stop funding ‘fake’ women’s health centers

BY EMILY MARTINOn March 20, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a California law intended to regulate crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs,)...

COMMENTARY: During ‘Sunshine Month,’ put spotlight on government

BY KELLEY SHANNONShining light on government to hold it accountable is hardly a new idea. In fact, Texas was a national leader in this...

LETTERS: On Cruz/O’Rourke squabbling and Trump

‘Petty squabbling’U.S. Sen. Rafael “Ted” Cruz, R-Texas, just released the first of what is sure to be many attack ads aimed at U.S. Rep....

RGV Child Exploitation Taskforce looks back on two years of work

On Feb. 24, 2016, Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Taskforce agents descended on a home in Harlingen and ended a nightmare.During that raid, agents...

IDEA-U to offer scholarships to DACA students

IDEA Public Schools has received a grant that will enable its IDEA-U online university to educate, support and grant degrees to 1,000 DACA students...

UTRGV men’s basketball receives berth in CBI, will face New Orleans

The UTRGV men’s basketball team is going to the postseason for the first time since the 1980-81 season, receiving a spot in the College...

UTRGV baseball secures series victory over Maine

The UTRGV baseball team beat Maine 7-3 on Sunday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium to claim a 3-1 series victory.UTRGV (10-7) scored all the runs...