Stripes Stores has announced its in-store charitable fundraising campaign benefiting Driscoll Children’s Hospital (DCH) to raise money for the children and youth of South Texas as part of its November Month of Giving program.
The Coronavirus pandemic has dramatically impacted the local blood supply in the Rio Grande Valley. Before COVID, blood donation events could be found regularly. However, since COVID, our local blood supply and blood drives have dwindled.
Take me back to a gentler time when people used a rope and a ferry to get across the Rio Grande. No, wait, such a thing still exists — the Los Ebanos Ferry, the last hand-operated ferry on the Rio Grande, just three miles of Expressway 83/I-2 near Sullivan City on FM 886. The days of the bootleggers have given way to drug smugglers but the historical ambience is still there.
The PSJA Bears Class of 1957 have observed Pandemic Protocols limiting gatherings, but now Fully Vaccinated they will resume monthly reunions during 2021, alternating between breakfast and dinner on the second Saturday of every month.
EDINBURG — Two Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents were honored with the South Texas Health System (STHS) Hometown Heroes Award for their role in rescuing four migrants in September.
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