Renewing bonds: Cross-border greeting kicks off BorderFest celebration
REYNOSA — Mayors of neighboring border cities Hidalgo and Reynosa met at the halfway point between the bridge connecting their countries Thursday in a...
State judge formally indicted on bribery charges, suspended by state commission
A Houston federal grand jury has formally indicted a local state district judge on bribery charges.On Wednesday, jurors found there to be enough evidence...
Judge: Edinburg violated state law in race track decision
EDINBURG — A state district judge ruled Thursday that the previous city council here violated the Texas Open Meetings Act when it discussed terminating...
FESTIBA author talks about lasting effects of Chile’s dictatorship
EDINBURG — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hosted renowned Chilean author Alejandro Zambra for the keynote presentation Thursday at its annual Festival...
Best Buy closing all 250 phone stores
HARLINGEN — The same week it announced strong fourth-quarter sales numbers, executives at electronics retailer Best Buy said they will close all 250 mobile...
FESTIVA EVENTS — Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4
HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP?Submit your information to [email protected] by 5 p.m. Monday to be considered for the following Friday.FRIDAYART WALKThe public is welcome...
On the stump: Gov. Abbott campaigns for Valley Republican candidates
McALLEN — With news of record-breaking turnout among Democrats across the state this election season, Gov. Greg Abbott made a stop here to make...
EDITORIAL: The importance of Texas manufacturing and NAFTA talks
Read Texas comptroller's report on manufacturingAs leaders from Mexico, Canada and the United States hammer through the seventh round of negotiations for the North...
Valley’s Winter Texan population growing more diverse
MISSION — After an unpredictable and uncooperative winter, the 11 remaining members of the National African-American RV’ers Association, or NAARVA, are enjoying the last...
Surgery has surprisingly been a treatment for Type 2 diabetes
BY Dr. Mario del Pino and Diana F. Ramirez | Special to The MonitorDoctors were not expecting that gastric bypass could eliminate diabetes. In...