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UTRGV is off to a fast start with a 9-3 record, and going on a seven-game win streak

Wed, 2019-03-06 00:00 Anonymous

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All the news fit to print

Wed, 2019-02-27 00:00 Anonymous

First point to consider if you’re a writer: Never mention your heart, because before long, you’ll be getting calls asking if you’ve had a heart attack. Not yet. Wait for

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Judge Cortez

The State of the County: Good, Bad, or Ugly?

Wed, 2019-02-27 00:00 Anonymous

Former McAllen Mayor Richard Cortez, now new county judge, is in the Honeymoon phase now. Most things between him and the four county precinct commissioners are going along well. After

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Mayor Hernandez

Pharr Mayor Hernandez surprised that no one filed to run against him

Wed, 2019-02-27 00:00 Anonymous

PHARR – Hard to believe it’s been approximately four years since Ambrosio “Amos” Hernandez, MD, filed to run for the office of Pharr mayor with his wife and son standing

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Police Seize Candy Laced with Marijuana

Wed, 2019-02-27 00:00 Anonymous

McALLEN - McAllen Police Department along with state and federal agencies seize contraband that imitates other commercially available candy. It has been determined the products are laced with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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Happy Birthday to our amazing son

Wed, 2019-02-27 00:00 Anonymous

On behalf of my wife and I, we wish our son a very happy 32nd birthday this week. The picture you see here was taken back in 1993 when he

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Junior Aaron Nixon is already off to a great start for McHi.

Above: PSJA is one of the teams in a loaded District 30-6A looking to contend for a title.

Right: Mission’s Andy Martinez is the spark in the Eagles’ lineup.

McHi’s Aaron Nixon can dominate both on the mound and at the plate.

Mission’s Eddie Rodriguez is the ace of the Eagles’ veteran pitching staff.

2019 - 2020 Valley Baseball Preview

Wed, 2019-02-27 00:00 Anonymous

On that same paper, so do McHi and PSJA. There are probably some other teams that look pretty darn good on paper. But the game is played on the diamond.

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Don’t take your heart for granted

Wed, 2019-02-20 00:00 Anonymous

I have so much hard news to write this week that it’s coming out of my ears and my fingers; but they’re not making it into this week’s Advance. Stories

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Allen Williams, PSJA ISD’s Landscape & Wildlife Habitat Specialist gives a mini lesson to PSJA students as part of their school’s outside classroom.

Former First Lady Laura Bush during her visit to PSJA ISD recently with students from Geraldine Palmer Elementary, Gisela Chapa from the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and Allen Williams, PSJA Landscape & Wildlife Habitat Specialist.

PSJA ISD leader named National Wildlife Refuge System Advocate of the Year

Wed, 2019-02-20 00:00 Anonymous

PHARR - The National Wildlife Refuge Association recently named Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD’s Landscape & Wildlife Habitat Specialist Allen Williams as the National Wildlife Refuge System Advocate of the Year. Williams

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Edinburg CISD elementary and middle school science fair winners pose for a photo during the awards presentations at Canterbury Elementary School and the Edinburg Activity Center. The 2019 Edinburg CISD Elementary School Science Fair winners Campus Cluster A (grades kinder-fifth),
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Edinburg CISD elementary and middle school science fair winners pose for a photo during the awards presentations at Canterbury Elementary School and the Edinburg Activity Center. Pictured top to bottom: 2019 Edinburg CISD Elementary School Science Fair winners Campus Cluster B (grades kinder-fifth), and 2019 Edinburg CISD Middle School Science Fair winners (grades sixth-eighth).

Over 300 winners named in Edinburg CISD annual science fair

Wed, 2019-02-20 00:00 Anonymous

EDINBURG – The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District recently hosted its annual science fair contest, receiving hundreds of entries from students at 38 elementary and middle schools. The Edinburg CISD

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Marjorie Kamys Cotera Nayda Alvarez painted this message on the roof of her home in La Rosita, Texas after receiving letters from the federal government stating that a portion of her land could be seized for the border wall.

Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune

(Left) Gina Wisdom, Juan Mancias, Adelina Yarrito and Cecilia Gonzales (left to right) at the Eli Jackson Cemetery in San Juan. (Right) Surveyor’s stakes mark the path of future border fencing in Mission, Texas.

Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune

Yvette Gaytan and her neighboor Naida Alvarez stands close to the Rio Grande river on Alvarez property in La Rosita, Texas. Both women have received letters from the U.S. Government regarding her land as a potential location for the Border Wall

Marjorie Kamys Cotera

Surveyor’s stakes in ground where proposed wall at the US-Mexico border is to be built in Mission, Texas.

As debate rages on border wall funding, construction is already beginning

Wed, 2019-02-20 00:00 Anonymous

MISSION — Krista Schlyer saw the arm of a yellow excavator emerge from the treetops in La Parida Banco National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday morning. Soon, this tract will be