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Non-profit to train volunteer advocates for unaccompanied child immigrants

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights will hold two days of training April 20-21 in Harlingen for area residents who wish to serve as volunteer advocates for unaccompanied immigrant children while they are in federal custody.

Calls on federal officials to demand Mexico release water to Valley in crisis grow

The region’s water shortage spurring Texas’ last sugar mill to close, tearing as much as $100 million out of the economy while cutting about 500 jobs here, is leading U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Brownsville, and former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores, a Republican, to blame federal officials for failing to demand Mexico comply with a treaty requiring it share reservoir supplies as farmers struggle to survive.

Mexican delays deepen water crisis, forcing agriculture casualties

FALCON HEIGHTS — For farmers in the Rio Grande Valley, things are getting desperate.

Manhunt ends in arrest of Raymondville shooting victim’s half-brother

The manhunt for alleged killer Mario Martinez, wanted for the 7:45 p.m. Tuesday shooting of his half-brother Reynaldo Acosta, ended late Wednesday when he was captured by Raymondville police and other agencies at a house in the 1200 block of West Tampico Street.

Early hurricane season forecast may be elevated but RGV could be passed by again

Sea surface temperatures well above average in the Atlantic Basin and the approaching return of La Nina are fueling early talk of a busy Atlantic hurricane season this year.

UTRGV mobile lab hopes to take agriculture education across RGV

EDINBURG — After planting the seeds of this project over two years ago, UTRGV’s Hub of Prosperity, a 5-acre research and education farm, is now cultivating their effort in a new mobile learning lab that takes their sustainable agriculture teachings all across the Rio Grande Valley.

Like the southern coast: Muelle 37’s Mexican seafood

HARLINGEN — Fish swim along the walls and the music fills my ears as the waiter shows me to a table.

What you need to know ahead of the Texas primary early voting that begins...

Early voting in Texas for the presidential primary election runs from Tuesday, Feb. 20 to Friday, March 1.

PNC Bank announces plans to expand its presence in Texas

PNC Bank plans to open 100 new brick-and-mortar branches across the U.S., including South Texas.

Just a sweet experience at Azúcar Y Sal in McAllen

McALLEN — I don’t think that you can put a price on friendly service, and the folks at Azúcar Y Sal seem to have a monopoly when it comes to treating customers like family.