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Mission hospital lays off employees as change nears

MISSION — Mission Regional Medical Center is experiencing a wave of layoffs as it prepares for its acquisition by Prime Healthcare Foundation, the hospital...

Matlock looking to defy expectations as new UTRGV baseball coach

When new UTRGV baseball coach Derek Matlock took his first head coaching job at Fort Worth’s Eastern Hills High School in 1996, he remembers...

Valley math teachers earn master’s at Harvard

MERCEDES — Donned in her cap and gown, Queen Martin led her fellow classmates through Harvard’s gates to receive their master’s degrees.MERCEDES — Donned...

Camp Energy: Inspiring and being inspired by kids with diabetes

Camp Energy in Mission is bustling with loud music, lively children and enthusiastic counselors. The campers dance, hike, canoe, and swim. And several times...

UTRGV tabs West Virginia assistant Matlock as new head baseball coach

EDINBURG — Derek Matlock, who spent the last five years as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach at West Virginia and the 19 years...

McAllen Nature Center, Yoga a perfect pairing

The Adventures of Team Peter Parker — Yoga under the oaksI opened my eyes while I lay under an oak tree to see the...

GARDEN VIEW: Hypertufa planter workshop

BY BARBARA STORZThe Master Gardeners are offering a Hypertufa Planter Workshop Saturday, June 17 at the South Texas Master Gardener Educational Garden in north...

PSJA district sorting out grant discrepancies

PHARR — An audit into a multimillion research grant by the Departments of Justice and Education to the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo school district questions the...

All-Valley Sports Awards Banquet set for Saturday

Thirty-three awards honoring the best players, teams and coaches in Rio Grande Valley high school athletics will be handed out Saturday during the 2017...

RGV FC Toros’ James finding role as physical midfield presence entering match with Seattle...

EDINBURG — Unable to participate in preseason practice due to a hamstring injury, RGV FC midfielder Jorginho James ballooned up to 216 pounds.Listed at...