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PALMVIEW — The new board of directors for the Agua Special Utility District is now in place following the elections last month.

EDINBURG — A new $19 million affordable housing complex officially opened its doors Wednesday, though the 128 units it comprises are mostly occupied.

PEÑITAS — The city unveiled the county’s newest prescription drug drop-off box here on Wednesday in an effort to curb prescription drug abuse.

HARLINGEN — Valley church leaders yesterday called on U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar to join the push for a Congressional showdown to decide the fate of the so-called Dreamers.

While the Trump Administration’s new zero tolerance policy continues to separate immigrant families in the Rio Grande Valley and elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border, the United Nations human rights office is urging the administration to “immediately halt” the policy, believing…

McALLEN — An engaged couple from La Joya faces human smuggling charges after being found with more than 20 undocumented immigrants.

McALLEN — A broken tail light that led to the discovery of three immigrants will cost a local man federal prison time.

Tejano superstar Jimmy Gonzalez of Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz has died.

Old McAllen pump house to be converted to restaurant venue

McALLEN — The vacant, trashed, abandoned pump house — which doubles as a bomb shelter — on the corner of 2nd Street and Business 83 will receive a multi-million dollar overhaul.