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UTRGV Study Abroad: Leaving Laptops Behind, UTRGV Students Embrace Costa Rica’s Natural World

by Cheryl Taylor RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – Nine adventurous students from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley had the...
Annual Emergency Preparedness Exercise Provides Free Health Screenings to Community

Operation Lone Star (OLS) is an emergency preparedness exercise to help us get ready for disasters and...
Road to Recycling Entering Second Phase

The Road to Recycling Regional Tire Collection Project was successfully initiated on Saturday, June 24th collecting over...
La Feria Celebrates Independence 2017

The City of La Feria held its annual Independence Day Celebration on July 1, 2017 at Veterans...
UTRGV Study Abroad: Art Students Experience Peru as a ‘Living Classroom’

by J. Edward Moreno RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – As Angelica Rodriguez, a UTRGV graduate student and mother...
Valley Baptist-Harlingen, Valley Baptist-Brownsville Receive Quality Achievement Award for Stroke Care

HARLINGEN/BROWNSVILLE – Both Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen and Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville have received the American Heart...
UTRGV Chess Summer Camp Provides Fun and Learning for Area Children

by J. Edward Moreno RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – Nathan John, 7, rising second-grader at Canterbury Elementary in...
La Feria is Ablaze with Flowering Trees

by Bill Keltner/LFN You don’t have to leave La Feria and the Rio Grande Valley to see...
Commission Approves Fireworks, Closer to End of Financial Audit

by Martha E. Ibarra/LFN The city of La Feria held a short meeting on Tuesday, June 27,...
LFISD Board Appoints Dr. Miriam Guerra Interim Superintendent

Story and photos by Martha E. Ibarra/LFN The La Feria ISD School Board has appointed an interim...