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Partnership names Los Fresnos schools to honor roll

Nine of the 14 Los Fresnos CISD schools – 64 percent – were named Honor Roll Schools by the Educational Results Partnership for 2019-20. Los...

Virus activity still high, Hidalgo Co. to administer 2nd vaccine doses

Hidalgo County reported 15 COVID-19 related deaths and an additional 758 positive cases of the virus Monday morning. With the exception of an Alton woman...

SPI to participate in annual Oral Rabies Vaccination Program

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — This coastal city will continue working toward reducing and eliminating the dog strain of rabies carried by coyotes in the...

Elementary student makes a difference in the San Benito community

Victor Gonzalez III is a first-grade student at the Ed Downs Fine Arts Academy in San Benito. He had a thought, and with his...

Rep. Cuellar: Contractors informed to pause border wall activity by mid-week

According to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, contractors have been informed to pause all border wall construction activities on U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

Local physician launches health video series

BROWNSVILLE — Health and wellness in the Rio Grande Valley. The topic is important enough in any scenario, but in the time of COVID-19 it’s...

State jobless rate declines; Valley lags behind

Texas added jobs for the eighth straight month in December, with the unemployment rate falling to 7.2% from 8.1% the previous month, the Texas...

Harlingen Happenings

The world of commercial or fee-based genealogy websites is constantly changing. Just recently Ancestry.com LLC announced that it is ending a 15-month effort to sell...

Lawmakers fighting for education funding amid state budget shortfall

Two words pop up anytime you ask someone about how the 87th Texas Legislative Session may affect Rio Grande Valley educators and students: the...

All-STAR Football: MVP Zuniga steps up to lead Cardinals

Joe Zuniga knew it wasn’t going to be easy to take over the quarterback position for Harlingen High this season. But that didn’t intimidate him...