Harlingen Happenings
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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...
Making History: Three female Valley Marine recruits to train in San Diego
Two young women from Brownsville and one from Harlingen will be members of the first platoon of 60 female U.S. Marine Corps recruits to...
Droughts, high temperatures on the horizon
Get ready for some very dry conditions over the next several months as above average temperatures and below average precipitation are in the forecast.
According...
Motion filed against SPI’s Mobile Food Ordinance
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The future of food truck entrepreneurs hoping to operate in this coastal city still appears to be in a bit...
Lady Cards pick up key district win; Cardinals fall to Panthers
HARLINGEN — The Harlingen High and Weslaco High basketball programs split a District 32-6A doubleheader Friday as the Harlingen High Lady Cardinals and Weslaco...
Willacy holds its first vaccination clinic; Local leaders pushed state for doses
RAYMONDVILLE — Like many Willacy County residents, Martin Garcia waited for weeks for state health officials to hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic here.
On Friday,...
Texas sues Biden administration over deportation memo
The state of Texas sued the Biden administration on the same day a pause on deportations began for “certain noncitizens.”
The lawsuit, filed Friday in...
27 more COVID-19 deaths in the region
Twenty-one more deaths linked to COVID-19 symptoms were confirmed in Hidalgo County on Friday, bringing the death toll to 2,361.
Hidalgo last reported a death...