Valley Morning Star

HARLINGEN — Taking the first step toward a postsecondary education at Texas State Technical College is an exciting moment for new students, but choosing a dream career can be daunting.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez on July 18 sent a letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Director Troy Miller asking him to address what Gonzalez says is an intermittent but recurring issue of excessive wait times at land ports-of-entry in Brownsville.

Somewhere in the Rio Grande Valley there's a goat wandering around, probably scared but completely oblivious of the furor it has caused the greater South Texas area.

EDINBURG — "This is a transformational investment," U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, told a gaggle of press here on Friday about a historic federal investment in infrastructure projects.

HARLINGEN — Meet Victoria Garcia, 18, of Harlingen who took eighth place in a competition against 32 young masons last month in the Skills USA National 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Some people might think that Texas is beginning to look more like scenes from old movies about people toiling under brutal conditions in the Old South, and might wonder if we’ll start seeing prison chain gangs along our highways anytime soon.

HARLINGEN — After about two weeks of debate, a group of homeowners has won its battle to keep a proposed $2 million development including rental homes out of the city’s fast-growing west side.

Immigration reform remains stalled amid the xenophobia and political grandstanding that pervade Congress. Fortunately, the Biden administration has reversed a few of the more punitive measures that were imposed during Donald Trump’s term in the White House.

HARLINGEN — The South Texas Emergency Care Foundation announced it has achieved a milestone in the quality of healthcare to be provided to patients.

Amid a healthcare worker shortage, DHR Health is celebrating its recent hiring of 47 new physician residents as part of its inaugural Graduate Medical Education programs, or GME.