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Art for sight and mind: ‘Microscape’ presents viewers with a fusion, experienced through artists’...

I walked into the “Microscape” exhibit expecting to see applied art, and instead ran head-on into what I consider fine art.

Garden View: Workshops from the Master Gardeners

Looking for gardening tips from instructors experienced with the Rio Grande Valley growing conditions?

Commentary: There’s plenty to eat at the beach

Our Gulf Coast hosts numerous species of shorebirds in winter, accommodating a diverse range of appetites and foraging styles. The tides, surf and sand serve enough bounty to go around. By spring, many of the visitors have returned to their breeding grounds but some of the more entertaining birds remain into the summer.

TSTC Industrial Systems student awarded Professional Women in Building scholarship

Betty Lou Catalan listened to her boyfriend’s advice. Paul Balinger, who is Catalan’s boyfriend as well as one of her Texas State Technical College Industrial Systems classmates, encouraged her to apply for a Professional Women in Building Abilene Chapter scholarship.

Editorial: As hurricane season begins residents should start preparing, and check insurance coverage

Hurricane season begins Saturday, and forecasters say the storms that have devastated parts of north and east Texas in past two weeks could be signs of things to come.

Commentary: Los Fresnos teacher had special impact on Coast Guard family

We are a military family who moved to Los Fresnos in the fall of 2021 due to my husband’s job with the U.S. Coast Guard. He is an XPO at the Aids to Navigation team at Station South Padre Island. We moved from Sitka, Alaska.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Harlingen open for summer fun

It was only the second day of the summer season and the squeaking of rubber soles on the basketball courts fired into the air.

Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

Editorial: DNA testing of immigrants more trouble than it’s worth, shouldn’t even be necessary

Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores wants mandatory DNA testing of all immigrants and favors a return of the much-denounced policy of separating children from their parents at the border.

Sheriff, tax-assessor incumbents in Cameron County lose in Democratic runoff

The May 28 Cameron County Democratic primary runoffs saw two incumbent upsets for the sheriff and tax-assessor race while a Brownsville lawyer cruised to victory for the nomination in a state representative race.