ALAMO - The Alamo Chamber of Commerce-Miss Alamo Scholarship Pageant Committee on Sunday, February 17, hosted the Miss Alamo 2019 Scholarship Pageant at PSJA Memorial ECHS Roberto Gomez, Jr. Performing
Brianna Quesada gets by Ronnie Cantur during their bi-district playoff game.
Teammates celebrate after Donna’s Brianna Quesada hit a half-court shot at the halftime buzzer.
Donna guard Gaby Campos is all smiles during a 20-point victory against Mission Veterans in the bi-district playoffs.
McALLEN — Brianna Quesada had just 5.8 seconds to get off a shot. She actually took it a bit early, but that didn’t matter because the halfcourt heave just before
Mayor Hernandez
PHARR - February’s sales-tax-allocation report released last week by the Texas State Comptroller reflects sales tax collected during the month of December 2018, and in terms of growth, the city
AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $953.9 million in local sales tax allocations for February, 4.6 percent
Dr. Kenneth Fletcher
When Facebook finally goes out of business, I’ll throw a party, because in my opinion, it’s become the cesspool of humanity. Garbage in; garbage out. A sewer of stinking filth
Edinburg Vela’s Roberto Silva wreslte against and opponend from McAllenRowe during the district championships at La Joya High
Mcallen Rowe’s Daniela Diaz wrestles McAllen Memorial’s Maria Saenz during the district championships at La Joya High.
Edinburg Vela’s Robero Silva wrestle during the District 15-6A wrestling match at La Joya High School.
McAllen Rowe’s Petey Lozano wrestles in the semifinals against and opponents from La Joya Juarez-Lincoln.
Edinburg High’s Tatiana Gloria wrestles McAllen Memorial’s Stephanie Gonzalez in the 138-pound weight class in the district championships at La Joya High School
Around the country, especially in Midwest states, wrestlers are known as athletes “of a different breed.” In places like the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference, there are light shows and hot
HIDALGO - Approximately a month ago, Jan. 6th or the 7th, the Marine Division of the U.S. Border Patrol discovered something funky going on in the City of Hidalgo: Mexican
Sheriff Eddie Guerra
How to convince or eduate people from out of the area that all the news they hear, see, or read about border violence isn’t applicable to the Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina
So, this legislative session, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is on another crusade against voter fraud. Trouble is, every time I write his name, I have to laugh, because he’s
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA ISD) Superintendent Dr. Daniel P. King was awarded the Leopoldo “Polo” Palacios Award during the City of Pharr’s State of the City Address held Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.
PHARR – Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA ISD) Superintendent Dr. Daniel P. King was awarded the Leopoldo “Polo” Palacios Award during the City of Pharr’s State of the City Address held
AUSTIN - Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath announced the release of TEA’s 2018 Annual Report on Texas public schools with the intention to share the success stories of
Photograph By LUIS LARRAGA
Featured: Ronnie Larralde, Executive Director, Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, addresses elected officials, business executives, and other community dignitaries soon after his selection on Monday January 7, 2019 by the local business lobby group as its top administrator. One of Larralde’s first major projects for this year as executive director will take place on Thursday, February 7, 2019, with the chamber’s RGV Census Forum, which will bring together the four county judges from the Rio Grande Valley to emphasize the importance of U.S. Census Day, which is April 1, 2020.
The Rio Grande Valley’s political power from the state house in Austin to the Congress and White House in Washington, D.C. will be significantly influenced by the upcoming U.S. Census
SAN BENITO / EDINBURG - Ofelia Pena, 92, went home to our Lord, Sunday, August 18, 2019, at her residence in Edinburg.
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