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TSTC provost featured in Valley Women Inspire magazine

Cledia Hernandez, provost of Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus, was featured in the summer 2020 issue of Valley Women Inspire, a free quarterly...

TSTC electrical lineworker instructor ready to bring experience to the classroom

Angel Toledo enjoyed an extensive career with the Brownsville Public Utilities Board for over 30 years. Last February, he joined Texas State Technical College...

TSTC alumni overcome hardship to find success

Started in 2016, iServe Biomedical is a leading provider of medical equipment repairs serving the Houston area. Founders Javier Valdez and Rene Torres discussed...

TSTC celebrates spring graduates in drive-thru ceremony

On Thursday, June 11, Texas State Technical College honored its spring 2020 graduates with a socially distant celebration on campus. The drive-thru ceremony was TSTC’s...

TSTC graduate ready to change lives as a dental hygienist

Despite her final semester ending rather unconventionally, Lizette Padilla is eager to graduate from Texas State Technical College and begin her career as a...

Immigration attorney admonished at motions hearing

An immigration attorney charged with paying bribes to detention center employees in exchange for detainee rosters at the Port Isabel and El Valle detention...

Hollywood in Harlingen: Movie on migrant debate filming here

HARLINGEN — Adrieanna Aparicio was stunned to find out a Hollywood film crew is shooting a movie in town. “Oh, wow!” Aparicio, a retail saleswoman,...

Death of a Dream: Hundreds of migrants have died crossing into Valley

By Mark Reagan and Lorenzo Zazueta-Castro Nearly 300 cardboard boxes sit on shelves inside Dr. Kate Spradley’s laboratory. Each individually labeled box contains artifacts such as...

Audit leads to closure of IES: Migrant shelter under scrutiny of government

International Educational Services closed its doors six months ago after an audit determined that employees profited when IES leased properties they owned and that...