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CDC cites high rate in Valley

CDC cites high rate in Valley

By the looks of things inside most Rio Grande Valley stores, the use of facemasks is dropping like flies even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently labeled Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy counties as areas with a “high” rate of COVID-19 transmission.

Pharr, UTRGV to host 2023 WAC Swimming &Diving Championships
Pharr, UTRGV to host 2023 WAC Swimming &Diving Championships

Pharr, UTRGV to host 2023 WAC Swimming &Diving Championships

At a press conference held Monday, the City of Pharr and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that they will be co-hosting the 2023 Western Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships which will take place Feb. 22-25, 2023 at the City of Pharr Natatorium. The City of Pharr Natatorium,

Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach

As a kid growing up in the “Us vs. Them” culture of the Cold War era, I was drawn to the televised exploits of Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise warping across the universe on their 5-year mission “to seek out new life and new civilizations,” all the while upholding Starfleet’s “Prime Directive,” a philosophical concept familiar to Trekkies all over the galaxy—non-interference (no matter how well-intentioned) in the development of alien cultures. The original Star Trek series reflected many of the societal dilemmas of our own world as the 1970s loomed on the horizon—race/gender equality, ecology, arms race, government, technology, etc. Given the morality shifts and rampant xenophobia of the 20th century, it’s hard to believe that humanity actually made it to the 23rd.

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