The Brownsville Herald

With 2023 coming to an end, the public education institutions in the Rio Grande Valley saw about eight superintendent changes in addition to school districts passing new tax rates and bonds.

When Mary Rose Cardenas went after something, it was to benefit her community, not herself, and you’d be wise to go along or at least get out of the way.

SpaceX managed to get two Starship orbital launch attempts under its belt in 2023, the first on April 20 and the second nearly seven months later on Nov. 18, both launching from the company’s Starbase rocket production and testing complex at Boca Chica.

HARLINGEN — The time of laughter and singing and families gathering for food and fun and the bringing in of the New Year is now upon us.

For the cold hardy, the 26th annual Polar Bear Dip will be held at Claytons on Monday, Jan. 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on South Padre Island.

The good news is that light to moderate rain events in late November and mid-December erased the drought across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, according to the National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station, though December was slightly warmer than normal.

Readers in the Rio Grande Valley turned to MyRGV.com for a variety of stories that kept them informed of local matters and reminded them of what's extraordinary about the communities where they reside.

The items inside the handbags that DHR Health donated to domestic violence shelters in the Rio Grande Valley were largely comprised of feminine hygiene products, such as toiletries including razors, toothbrushes and body wash but also some perfume, hair brushes and manicure sets — plenty of what someone needs to feel good about themselves.

The destination that calls itself the state’s fireworks capital is prepared to do what they do best this Sunday.

The former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is later in getting to Brownsville for recycling than earlier anticipated.