The Monitor

This year's Operation Border Health Preparedness event will feature free medical services for the public including dental and vision care.

Black-tailed jackrabbits can leap 20 feet in one bound, run at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, turn on a dime and lead a predator on a vexing, zigzag chase.

Texas gardeners usually sing the same tune this time of year — the heat is oppressive, and moisture is in short supply. Some East Texas and Gulf Coast gardens received rain from tropical storms, but many Texans are humming through the second verse with continued high temperatures and a lack of moisture.

EDINBURG — Twelve Rio Grande Valley College nursing students signed letters of intent and donned white coats at a ceremony July 10, marking the beginning of the Registered Nurse Apprenticeship Program. The initiative, which is aimed addressing the ongoing nursing shortage, is a joint project of Rio Grande Valley College and DHR Health.

EDINBURG — A once active participant of events at Edinburg Motorsports Park is raising alarming concerns over driver and spectator safety at the popular drag strip.

A 21-year-old Alton woman on Friday afternoon was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter for a fatal McAllen crash that killed a 43-year-old woman.

Billionaire founder and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk is so mad at the governor of California that he's moving the company's headquarters from Hawthorne, a suburb of Los Angeles, to SpaceX's Starbase compound at Boca Chica.

Texas once sought to be a leader in the fight against lawsuit abuse and nuisance legal attacks. Today, state officials are perhaps the worst at misusing our legal system — and taxpayers' money — to score political points.

A global technology outage directly affected Rio Grande Valley air travel Friday morning, delaying flights at all three airports.

EDINBURG — Three months after City Attorney Omar Ochoa announced his intention to leave the city, officials here have at last chosen his replacement.