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Season-high eight RGV basketball teams earn TGCA statewide rankings

A season-high eight high school girls basketball teams across the Rio Grande Valley have earned statewide rankings in the latest edition of the Texas...

Labeled and Loved creates safe place for parents, caregivers

Dr. Lisa Peña, 37, from Rio Hondo, wears many hats in her life. Not only has she served veterans as a clinical pharmacist for more...

Mexican Consulate and Fine Art Museum host ‘Music Box’

The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art in partnership with the Mexican Consulate in Brownsville invite the community to see the work of artist Mauricio...
Obamacare

EDITORIAL: Healthy option Legislators should consider need for Medicaid expansion

Texas officials have consistently opposed all aspects of the Affordable Care Act, including agreeing to offer Medicaid to more state residents. In fact, this state...

TSC dual enrollment program adds technical pathways

The dual enrollment program at Texas Southmost College is introducing three new pathways this spring to the thousands of high school students TSC serves...

Los Fresnos coach Woods retires after 36 years

LOS FRESNOS — Legend and greatest of all time are two common ways admirers of Becky Woods have referred to the coach in recent...

Home run: Palo Alto Groves proceeding after pause

Construction of an innovative mixed-income residential project adjacent to the Brownsville Sports Park is on again after a delay of about a year and...

Neighborly cleanup: City, volunteers help with community event

Saturday morning brought a flurry of activity to the La Posada neighborhood as a community cleanup set up shop on the corner of La...

Making Second Chances Count

By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Like many of us, Christina Villarreal had a rough 2020, which started with the loss of her father, followed by her own...

Gone to sea: In a COVID-19 world, everybody decided to buy a boat

HARLINGEN — The winds of the pandemic have buffeted Valley businesses relentlessly, and few have escaped the hard impact of the COVID-19 storm. Yet some...