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Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched...

More than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses coming next week

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas expects more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, state officials said Friday. According to a Texas Department of...

US to open more beds for immigrant children as numbers rise

HOUSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is instructing long-term facilities that hold immigrant children to lift capacity restrictions enacted during the coronavirus pandemic...

Training future educators is ‘a calling’ for TSTC instructor

Myriam Aguila, Texas State Technical College’s Education and Training department chair, for seven years has helped to transform today’s TSTC students into tomorrow’s educators. Prior...

HS Softball Roundup: Edinburg North, Mercedes earn walk-off wins

On a busy night of non-district action across the Rio Grande Valley’s softball landscape, two teams earned a pair of walk-off wins. Edinburg North started...

UTRGV loses to Tarleton State amid lowest offensive output of season

EDINBURG — Not much went right for UTRGV in its first-ever Western Athletic Conference clash against its new in-state rival Tarleton State. The Vaqueros faced...

Meteorologist discusses winter blast

The Arctic assault that swept through Texas deep into the Rio Grande Valley in mid-February was a very rare but not entirely unprecedented event,...

Planning to stay safe; After shot, some will keep masks

SAN BENITO — Even after taking the COVID-19 vaccine her nurses called for, Narcisa Ortiz still wants to double-mask to protect herself — and...

Health officials report lower trend in COVID-19 cases for South Texas

Officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services delivered a hopeful message Friday, reporting a downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases,...

A community effort: Point Isabel ISD employees receive vaccines

PORT ISABEL — Hundreds more are on track of protecting themselves from the deadly coronavirus pandemic. A vaccination clinic was held in Port Isabel on...