Harlingen, Mexico News

Jacob Vincent, left, and his son Joel, with Eddie Bartnesky and his son Chris, are examples of how Rotary Club legacies are passed down through generations.

Retirees Raleigh Draper and his friend Jenny Comfort say they have found a "sense of community" in the Rio Grande Valley.

Rain is in the forecast through this weekend and police are cautioning that the wet weather can make for hazardous road conditions.

Sales tax receipts for December were $188,000 higher than the year before, which officials largely attribute to the newly opened Bass Pro Shops.

Harlingen and Brownsville fire crews are both responding to a large warehouse fire in the outskirts of Rio Hondo off FM 106.

Virginia Kinzer, who has a degree in art education, has turned her passion for creativity into a lifelong hobby, creating oil and acrylic landscape paintings.

Gas prices around the Rio Grande Valley have recently begun to slowly increase. The average price of gasoline in Harlingen on Wednesday was $3.36 per gallon; in Brownsville it was $3.35, according to the American Automobile Association.

Deacon Cesar Uriel Partida was presented Saturday to Bishop Daniel Flores in front of a standing-room-only congregation at St.

Elaborate glass tequila bottles in red, blue and white -- shaped like pistols, AK-47s, rifles, machetes and bullets -- have been surfacing in the Rio Grande Valley in the past year or so.

The run is on for the campaign dollar, and the incumbent in the race for the state House District 38 seat apparently is reaping the benefits of incumbency.

Deacon Cesar Uriel Partida's grandfather taught him how to pray the rosary when Partida was a child living in Mexico.

Sales tax receipts in Harlingen for November amounted to the second largest increase in the Rio Grande Valley, behind McAllen.

A Mexican national charged with killing a man in La Paloma was arraigned Thursday, accused in a slaying that authorities believe was over a debt of $10,000 in truck tires.

Above and left: Dry brush and weeds cover a plot of land at the intersection of Briggs Coleman Road and Nantucket Drive in Harlingen.

Cameron County's animal control program cannot keep up with the population explosion of stray dogs and cats in rural areas, officials say.

Border States Electric, based in Fargo, N.D., announced Friday that it will close branches in McAllen and Weslaco on Jan.

A lackluster economy, drug violence in Mexico, fewer people retiring early, and health concerns have caused a drop in the number of Winter Texans visiting Rio Grande Valley RV parks this season, park managers and residents say.

Valley Metro plans to use its upgraded bus fleet to add several new lines to its routes, extending its reach to more of the growing commuter population in the Rio Grande Valley.