Valley Morning Star

SAN BENITO — The Rio Grande Valley Academy of General Dentistry has nominated Bernardino Octavio Elizondo, DDS, MAGD, of San Benito, for the Texas Academy of General Dentistry’s Texas Dentist of the Year Award, considered the most prestigious honor a Texas dentist can earn.

The Texas Department of Transportation is seeking public input on hundreds of proposed projects in the draft 2024 Unified Transportation Plan (UTP), TxDOT’s statewide 10-year transportation plan.

SAN BENITO — On the heels of her re-election announcement, State Rep. Janie Lopez, whose district includes Cameron and Willacy counties, will launch a district tour of the Cameron and Willacy County areas to discuss recent legislative accomplishments and issues important to her constituents, her office stated.

Let’s be honest, as soon as summer hits we indulge in some ice cream, popsicles and beer for those who are old enough. Let’s be even more honest — we don’t really wait for the summer to enjoy those things.

SAN BENITO — Mayra Flores, the San Benito Republican who made Texas history during her seven-month stint as the state’s District 34 congresswoman, has announced her 2024 bid to recapture the post she lost to U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in an election grabbing the national spotlight last year.

SAN BENITO — Family and friends remember Abigail Tellez-Vargas and Manuel Vargas-Regalado as San Benito High School sweethearts who worked together to build the American dream in California.

The National Weather Service Brownsville-Rio Grande Valley station kicked off the week with another heat advisory for most of deep South Texas from 1-7 p.m. on Monday, forecasting dangerous heat through the week and further “heat advisories likely and excessive heat warnings probable.”

HARLINGEN — Before Texas State Technical Institute became Texas State Technical College in 1991, Jose Luis Leija was enrolled there in Electronics Technology.

HARLINGEN — There’s a power in the presence of age, in the continuity of the past extending into the moment with an anticipation of tomorrow.

HARLINGEN — Ensuring that structures are safe and align with specific building codes is an essential part of Duvie Alcozer’s job as a building official with the town of Laguna Vista.