Valley Morning Star

SAN BENITO — Halloween falls on the last day of October, but organizers couldn't pass up the chance to hold an event on Friday the 13th.

HARLINGEN — The player, petite and swift and sure, moves in a perfect arc and kicks the football high overhead.

Just one day after news broke that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas had greenlit the construction of new border wall in Starr County — waiving 26 federal laws in the process — both local and federal officials have been left with questions.

Mariachi Mariposas, created with the goal of giving women mariachi an opportunity to showcase their talent, has gone above and beyond by breaking barriers in the male-dominated genre by creating their own traditions and legacy.

“In Fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Countless Americans learned the little rhyme in elementary school classrooms to recount Italian sailor Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.

HARLINGEN — The neighborhood watch program overseeing District's 1 and 2 is gearing up for its second annual Halloween Truck or Treat fest.

The copious rain that pounded sections of the Rio Grande Valley ahead of the Thursday cold front was great for lawns and other green things, but not enough to improve low reservoir levels up the river.

HARLINGEN — One of the Rio Grande Valley's first major aerospace companies is working with Cameron County to help its employees find new jobs as it winds down local operations while planning to close at the end of the year.

The Port of Harlingen announced that it has been awarded more than $6.9 million in grant funds from the Texas Department of Transportation's Seaport Connectivity Program, formerly the Rider Grant Program, part of more than $240 million in TxDOT funding for seaport infrastructure and connectivity statewide.

When the San Benito school district announced in June that it was temporarily closing the old Greyhound Stadium, the reaction then was arguably more tepid. This may be since the football field belonging to this proud city's former high school was anything but mortal at the time.