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20 Willacy residents COVID-19 positive

RAYMONDVILLE —State health officials have found 20 more Willacy County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, driving the rural area’s total case count...

PSJA High among seven RGV squads to earn TGCA basketball rankings

The PSJA High Bears were among seven high school girls basketball squads to earn statewide rankings in the latest edition of the Texas Girls...

Congressman: Border Patrol to discontinue use of costly surveillance blimps on border

Despite support from local Border Patrol agents for the current surveillance blimps in use in the Rio Grande Valley, U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

SPI Chamber to participate in COVID Rapid Testing Program

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Thanks to the expansion of a pilot program, small businesses in this coastal city will now be able to receive...

San Benito holds its first vaccination clinic

SAN BENITO — For Linda Valley, the coronavirus pandemic dredges dark memories of the polio epidemic that plagued her childhood, crippling her brother’s arm. On...

25 Willacy residents COVID-19 positive

RAYMONDVILLE —State health officials have found 25 more Willacy County residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, driving the rural area’s total case count...

Constable deputies encountering larger migrant groups along border

On a winding caliche road south of Mission, Deputy Constable Arnold Salazar saw the bright headlights of a U.S. Border Patrol pickup truck pierce...

Order halting Biden’s deportations moratorium extended

A court extended a nationwide temporary injunction on President Joe Biden’s moratorium on deportations of certain people, records show. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Drew...

7 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Cameron County

Seven more Cameron County residents have died from COVID-19 related causes, the county health department reported Tuesday afternoon. This raises the total number of COVID-19 related...

Man held on arson charges after Texas courthouse fire

WACO, Texas (AP) — The suspect in a fire that destroyed all but the outer rock walls of a 111-year-old Texas courthouse is being...