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...
Big invasive shrimp were netted in ship channel in July
HARLINGEN — A voracious, cannibalistic predator that may eventually pose a threat to the $500 million-a-year Texas shrimp industry has turned up in the...
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,...
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...
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: 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,...
Cameron County cities show strong sales tax numbers
HARLINGEN — Sales tax allocations for the first month of the year jumped significantly for Valley cities over the previous month, mirroring a strong...
City prepares for 87th Texas Legislative Session
The City of Brownsville is preparing for the 87th Texas Legislative Session which starts on Jan. 21 and runs through May 31.
In a memo...
Hospital nurse deals with kidney disease while helping in COVID-19 fight
By DENISE CATHEY | Staff Photographer
BROWNSVILLE — With 2020 over, Frank Acevedo, the chief nursing officer for Valley Regional Medical Center Brownsville, has a...
Brownsville health leaders advise on how to stick to new year’s resolutions
According to a recent study by WalletHub, Brownsville is one of the top 10 worst cities for keeping resolutions.
“ To help Americans stick to their...