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Warm temperatures coming to an end

These warm temperatures will be changing come Thursday, as a cold front is expected to arrive in the Rio Grande Valley. The cold front will...

Teach For America Educator Profile: University writing professor started career with TFA

Denae Dibrell joined Teach For America in the fall of 2014 and taught English II, AP English and Language Composition at IDEA College Prep...

Let’s get loud: Edinburg seeks ‘music friendly’ designation to assist local artists

Edinburg is making strides to further express its artistic side. The city of Edinburg has formally begun the process of acquiring the designation of a...

Estimates shed light on costs of Mercedes ISD campus split

A Mercedes school district slideshow describes in detail the costs and modifications associated with transferring the Mercedes Early College Academy into the district’s administration...

Edinburg COVID testing site to run through March

The regional COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Edinburg will operate through March 7, organizing entities announced Monday. The site at 714 S. Raul Longoria has...

Pharr man accused in fatal drive-thru shooting indicted

A 20-year-old Pharr man is scheduled to be arraigned this week on an indictment charging him with murder over the fatal shooting death of...

Trial set in STC security guard’s fatal shooting in 1998

A 42-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a South Texas College security guard in 1998 is scheduled for trial Tuesday morning. Court records indicate prosecutors...

School district ‘looking into’ falling incident at Donna North

Asked about a shocking video that appears to show a Donna North High School student falling from a second story interior walkway that circulated...

‘Somber’ economy: Mexico’s economic downturn may affect Valley

When Mexico’s economy is hurting, the Rio Grande Valley usually feels it too, seeing as how they’re inextricably linked. Antonio O. Garza, Brownsville native, retired...

Officials bank on air-dropped vaccines to keep canine rabies at bay

Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that jump from animal to human. We’ve been preoccupied with one such zoonotic disease for the past two years,...