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Hidalgo County seeks private company to run Willacy County jail

The Hidalgo County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved seeking requests for proposals from private companies to operate the Willacy County Regional Detention Facility.

Shrimping grinds to a halt as import oversupplies add to ongoing woes

The Gulf shrimping industry, including the Brownsville-Port Isabel fleet, shrinking steadily over the last couple of decades, is now in a state of near total collapse thanks to new, unprecedented challenges in addition to the usual.

Kicked off from Brownsville, Witness at the Border begins another pilgrimage from Texas to...

BROWNSVILLE — The border. They appeared here, one by one, then in groups, each greeting one another as friends brought together by the cause of humanity.

Quintero ready for next chapter with area construction company

HARLINGEN — Jose Luis Quintero, of Raymondville, recalls that some of the homes his family lived in when he was growing up were not...

Photo Gallery: World AIDS Day remembers those lost at the Basilica Of Our Lady...

SAN JUAN — Black and white photographs were placed facing the nave at the Basilica Of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle. The photographs...

Cricket reaches out to families in need

HARLINGEN – The cold November can herald the coming holiday season with joy and a sparkling anticipation.

TWC labor commissioner Alvarez, Harlingen native, to resign

HARLINGEN — Texas Workforce Commission appointee Julian Alvarez III, a Harlingen native and formerly the chief executive at the Rio Grande Valley Partnership, will leave TWC this month after six years as one of three commissioners at the agency.

Harlingen student enrollment recovering

HARLINGEN — As the school district recovers from the coronavirus pandemic’s impact, enrollment is up for the first time in about three years — by 38 students, officials said.

Lighting of the Arroyo offers Christmas fun

HARLINGEN – “Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven! Six!”

Photo Gallery: 36th Annual Lighting of the Arroyo

HARLINGEN — Excitement swept through the crowd gathered Thursday night at McKelvey Park for the 36th Annual Lighting of the Arroyo.