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Threats of DPS arresting House Democrats yet to materialize

By Cassandra Pollock and Patrick Svitek | The Texas Tribune More than a week after Republicans in the Texas House voted to authorize arrests of...

Harlingen to hold vaccination clinic on Saturday

The City of Harlingen is holding a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children and adults 12 years and older. Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines will be administered...

Questions raised over ambulance ordinance; Puente calls on commission to allow other companies into town

HARLINGEN — After more than a year, City Commissioner Frank Puente continues to question an ordinance giving the city’s ambulance company sole rights to...

UTRGV to offer hybrid classes in response to current covid wave

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced that courses that were set to be in person might be changed to incorporate a hybrid...

Harlingen students back in school after year of virtual, hybrid learning

HARLINGEN — Mackenzie Saldana is glad to be back in class. “I’m seeing all my friends and teachers,” said the seventh-grader at Memorial Middle School. It’s...

New Harlingen tennis center pro shop is taking final shape

HARLINGEN — Work on the $500,000 HEB Tennis Center pro shop at Pendleton Park is progressing, with a water supply being hooked up this...

Texas governor tests positive for COVID-19, in ‘good health’

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to his office, who...

Harlingen to hand out sandbags on Wednesday

Because of the possibility Tropical Storm Grace may bring rain to the Valley, the City of Harlingen will be giving out sandbags to residents...

Reading students in San Benito host annual shoe drive

Students in San Benito Veterans Memorial Academy (VMA) Reading teacher Olga Reyes’ classes will be hosting their ninth annual shoe drive.  This year, however,...

San Benito students celebrate the first day of school

Last Wednesday, San Benito Schools students started the new school year, arriving with great enthusiasm and expectation – setting the tone for a successful...