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FESTIVA EVENTS — Friday, Sept. 22 – Sunday, Sept. 24

HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP?Submit your information to [email protected] by 5 p.m. Monday to be considered for the following Friday.FRIDAYURBAN COWBOY THROWBACK NIGHTThe event...

Elsa becomes Valley’s 23rd city with smoke-free ordinance

ELSA — City commissioners here unanimously approved a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance Monday, joining a growing list of cities in Texas banning indoor smoking, including...

Overnight lane closures on frontage road under Bicentennial Bridge in McAllen

Two of the three lanes under the Bicentennial Bridge heading eastbound on the frontage road of U.S. Highway 83 in McAllen will be closed...

Monterrey man gets two years in firearms case

McALLEN — When federal agents found him unloading boxes in the parking lot of a hotel in Hidalgo, the Mexican man knew he had...

7 hours of questioning yields jury for Patterson trial

EDINBURG — Ninety-seven people entered the Hidalgo County Courthouse auditorium Wednesday morning to learn whether they would be selected to serve as jurors for...

Brownsville commissioner apologizes; Leaked audio clips of foul language, slurs go viral

City Commissioner Cesar De Leon was apologetic Wednesday after multiple social media users this week shared audio clips of him using derogatory slurs to...

EDITORIAL: RGV review Hidalgo Co’s FY 2018 proposed budget and proposed pay raises

Hidalgo County officials are poised to vote Tuesday to approve the biggest budget in the county’s history for fiscal 2018, as well as a...

Memories of fleeing storm, flood from levee break

BY SPECIAL TO THE MONITORAll I have of this big storm are memories. Oft repeated ones, my daughter claims. I have lived here in...

50 years ago: Beulah was dumping rain across South Texas

Sept. 21, 1967Beulah continued to weaken as it tracked up toward Alice then back south to Laredo. Major flood warnings were issued across South...

Health care symposium emphasizes need for education

McALLEN — Health insurance is not the key to a healthier life — this was a point panelists often emphasized during Tuesday’s healthcare symposium...