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COVID hospitalizations up to 55 in Hidalgo County

Although daily COVID-19 cases reported by Hidalgo County appear to be declining, hospitalizations have slowly crept upwards following a significant decrease.

North Carolina man charged with threatening to blow up Suerte

A 47-year-old North Carolina man accused of threatening to blow up a bar after he couldn’t pay his bill may soon plead guilty to several charges.

Coping mechanisms: Activities, techniques at forefront of combating RGV’s pandemic stresses

DONNA — While the COVID-19 pandemic may not be over, the Rio Grande Valley has come a long way from those first days and weeks when the coronavirus sent fear and panic rippling through our community.

Authorities go to public for help finding Sullivan City murder suspect

Investigators with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to search for a 28-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing and shooting a man in late 2020.

‘In’sulin Survivors group set to meet Wednesday

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BorderFest returns to Hidalgo after 1-year absence with emphasis on local culture

HIDALGO — BorderFest returned with a bang on this weekend with an emphasis on Mexican-American culture intended to remind the Rio Grande Valley what it’s like to celebrate life with family and friends.

Photo Gallery: BorderFest returns to Hidalgo after 1-year absence with emphasis on local culture

HIDALGO — BorderFest returned with a bang on this weekend with an emphasis on Mexican-American culture intended to remind the Rio Grande Valley what...

First triple-digit day of 2022 expected Wednesday

Forget the calendar. Here in the Rio Grande Valley, you know winter’s really, truly over when you see a forecast for your first 100-degree day. And...

Orion strides across southern sky

High in the south for many months, the Orion constellation looks much more like a butterfly than it does a hunter. Depending on who is doing the sky-watching, some think the stars in the pattern looks like a hair bow or a butterfly instead of a giant man. Of course, we never tell Orion that because like Mohammed Ali/Cassius Clay, he’d “fight like a butterfly and sting like a bee” if we told him that.

Congressman says don’t worry about SpaceX leaving

Elon Musk’s answer to a question posed by The Brownsville Herald during Musk’s Feb. 10 presentation at SpaceX’s Starship development site at Boca Chica site, dubbed Starbase, has spawned a degree of anxiety among some local officials that the world’s most successful private rocket company could slip away.