2 PACs, 2 Goals
HARLINGEN — Two opposing political action committees have formed that could end up supporting opposing candidates in the 2012 City Commission election.The officers of both groups include familiar names...
View ArticleVALLEY OF THE BIRDS
Nashville’s Lyda Phillips has been birding throughout the United States and eastern Canada, but she keeps coming back to the Rio Grande Valley.The reasons are simple. The Valley has more birds than any...
View ArticleStudent dies during game
RGVSports.com Robert Garza, 16, a junior from Roma, died early Saturday afternoon after collapsing during an AAU basketball tournament game in Austin, his club coach Arnold Martinez confirmed.Garza had...
View ArticleSpring breakers: We made it!
By ISAAC GARCIAigarcia@valleystar.com956-421-9876 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The road was different for everyone, but the destination on the sands of South Padre Island was the same for all spring breakers,...
View ArticleOfficials question arroyo drainage plan
HARLINGEN — City officials are questioning a plan by the International Boundary and Water Commission to clear vegetation along the Arroyo Colorado to prevent a recurrence of last year’s drainage...
View ArticleLocal man fatally stabbed
HARLINGEN — A 27-year-old Harlingen man was fatally stabbed and a 21-year-old man wounded in a fight Friday night, police said.Police on Saturday were looking for two male suspects last seen driving...
View ArticleDANGER IN THE FIELDS
By PAUL J. WEBER,The Associated Press LA JOYA — As Texas farmhands prepared this winter to burn stalks of sugar cane for harvest along the Rio Grande, four masked men on ATVs suddenly surrounded the...
View ArticleCounty burn ban extended
The Brownsville HeraldCameron County has extended its burn ban for the third time in recent weeks.With continued concern about critical fire risk prompted by high winds and dry vegetation, the county...
View ArticleAnimal showmanship at livestock show teaches life lessons
By ILDEFONSO ORTIZThe MonitorMERCEDES — With grace and skill, a teenage girl weighing 80 pounds walked around the arena expertly handling her prized 1,000-pound heifer.The massive animal followed the...
View ArticleHip, Hip, Parade!
MERCEDES — Thousands of people decorated Texas Avenue waiting in excitement for the 2011 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Parade.Families sat in the bed of their trucks and snacked on cotton candy and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Coca-Cola Beach Draws Wild Crowds
Texas Week crowds are starting to arrive on South Padre Island. Here's a view from Coca-Cola Beach Friday afternoon, photos courtesty of Island Event Photos. Click on the image at right to view the...
View ArticleHundreds of bodies wash ashore in quake-hit Japan
TAGAJO, Japan (AP) — There are just too many bodies. Hundreds of dead have washed ashore on Japan's devastated northeast coast since last week's earthquake and tsunami. Others were dug out of the...
View ArticleRGV Livestock Show roping contest pulls in new talent
MERCEDES — The next generation of cowboys competed late into the night Monday for big prizes at the15th annual Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Youth Team Roping Contest.“That’s what you call headin’...
View ArticleEx-San Benito mayor running in May 14 election
SAN BENITO — Former Mayor Joe Hernandez will face Mayor Jack Garcia in the May 14 election in which City Commissioners Tony Gonzales and Rene Villafranco also are being challenged.Hernandez launched...
View ArticleCity officials seek new zoning committee
HARLINGEN — Two city commissioners are proposing a new committee to look at ways to make the city friendlier to developers.District 5 Commissioner Joey Treviño and District 4 Commissioner Jerry...
View ArticleAerobatics team remains hospitalized, crash still under review
BROWNSVILLE — A husband-and-wife aerobatics team remain hospitalized as investigators continue to review video footage of the incident to determine the cause of Saturday’s crash at a Brownsville air...
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