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Mother Nature’s sting: Flower farm hurt by deep freeze

San Benito flower farmer Audre Songer was having a busy week even before Winter Storm Uri’s approach on the Rio Grande Valley. On Feb....

Community rallies to provide food during outages

HARLINGEN — Power outages left businesses and homes without electricity for days in Harlingen. With no power available, many families were in need of...

Local businessman donating books about Black history

HARLINGEN — They’re doing it for African American identity. That’s why Lonnie Davis and his wife Deloria are purchasing books about African American history for...

Cold wave spawns fish kill; Officials say water quality unaffected

By FERNANDO DEL VALLE and LAURA B. MARTINEZ | Staff Writers SAN BENITO — It might be raising a big stink — but the water...

Cameron County reports 5 virus deaths

Five move Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Friday night. Two deaths were reported in Brownsville and...

Harlingen Airport Board discusses effect of winter storms

HARLINGEN — From households and infrastructure to wildlife, the winter storms that struck the Rio Grande Valley last week affected many. During a meeting held...

Vela’s Garza leads list of 13 Class 6A RGV football TSWA All-State picks

The Texas Sports Writers Association released its Class 6A All-State Football teams Friday which featured 13 players from schools across the Rio Grande Valley. Edinburg...

‘More than a coach’: Community memorializes UTRGV basketball legend Lew Hill

EDINBURG — Hundreds of friends, family members, coaching colleagues and current and former Vaqueros players gathered Tuesday afternoon to pay their respects to late...

President gets look at recovery efforts, vaccine ‘super site’

By Todd J. Gillman | Dallas Morning News HOUSTON — President Joe Biden visited Houston on Friday afternoon to survey the aftermath of last week’s winter storms...

Laguna Madre area hosts mass vaccination clinic

PORT ISABEL — Hundreds of residents and Winter Texans in the Laguna Madre area received a COVID-19 vaccination on Friday. An allocation of 500 vaccine...