Abbott pledges ramped-up vaccinations; Hubs meant to streamline mass effort
By Karen Brooks Harpe, The Texas Tribune
More than 877,000 Texans have received a COVID-19 vaccine since they first began arriving in Texas nearly four...
TU SALUD: Lining up for food in a pandemic
BY LISA MITCHELL-BENNETT
It’s an unusually frigid December morning in South Texas. Many hours before the sun rises, the cars are lined up for at...
EDITORIAL: Staying well: Pandemic proved, increased need for health professionals
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a proving ground for the Rio Grande Valley’s young medical school. When the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley...
Tough year: Tight state revenues pose challenge for county
As with every start of every legislative session Cameron County’s wish list is long, especially after weathering a pandemic for most of a year,...
EDITORIAL: Rhetoric resonates: Let us learn form D.C. siege, seek more civility in politics
In 1933, as the Great Depression entered its darkest depths, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used his inauguration speech to calm unemployed and hungry masses,...
Lady Raiders’ strong season earns Avelar-Guerra top coach honor
Brownsville Rivera coach Mary Elizabeth Avelar-Guerra was a little worried when the 2020 volleyball season first began.
She knew the COVID-19 pandemic caused her players...
Pandemic leaves Texas with $1B deficit as virus still surges
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has created a nearly $1 billion deficit in the Texas state budget...
EDITORIAL: Looking up: SpaceX developments hint at better future for Valley
The selection of the Rio Grande Valley as a site for development and launches of SpaceX rockets has always been celebrated as a boon...
LETTERS: Disorder, disarray
America is now at the point Rome was when that democracy fell — disorder and disarray.
In Rome, some retired presidents (consuls), together with religious...
EDITORIAL: Looking ahead: With tough year behind us, we have reason for optimism
For many people, 2020 couldn’t end soon enough. Most people will always remember it as a year of challenges, with the global COVID-19 pandemic,...