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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Adults who have not earned their high school diploma have another chance to complete it while starting up their careers. Through partnerships with Texas Southmost College and Texas State Technical College, anyone between the ages of 18 and 50 is...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Lyford Consolidated Independent School District hosted its 38th annual Veterans Day celebration in Lyford on Wednesday, welcoming more than 75 veterans from the area to participate in a commemorative ceremony. One of the veterans present at ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Weslaco Independent School District honored veterans in a special ceremony Wednesday morning. The event featured a special flyover of the Bobby Lackey Stadium. Robert Cisneros, a Weslaco resident, said the event served to raise awareness tha...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Sharyland Independent School District announced that all classes will be canceled on Friday. The school district announced in a statement on Monday that the cancellation is to accommodate upcoming district events and related transportation n...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District announced that classes at Liberty Memorial Middle School will be canceled on Tuesday. The school district released a statement on Monday night, citing a major power outage as the reason fo...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — New employment opportunities are coming to the La Joya Independent School District. The district is hosting a job fair on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the La Joya ISD Wellness Gym, located at 200 W. Expressway 83. The job fair has two sessions: 9 to 11 ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In the last week of high school football, Valley Sports Central nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The three nominees are Sharyland High, McAllen High School, and Harlingen High. All groups follow a certain trend, which is not dropping ...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is honoring local teachers committed to academic excellence with the Golden Apple Award. For our third award of the school year, CBS Rio Grande Valley Anchor Marco Ramirez visited Porter High School in the Brownsville Independent...
The Intersectional Feminist Student Organization at UTRGV advocates for human rights and equality through events and demonstrations. The The post Organization advocates for equality appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
Some students are struggling to connect to UTRGV’s free shuttle bus Wi-Fi, despite the university implementing the service The post Wi-Fi issues on university shuttle buses appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The university introduced Simple Syllabus, a new software designed to improve students’ and faculty’s experience with course syllabi The post Simple but effective change for UTRGV appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
La universidad implementó Simple Syllabus, un nuevo software diseñado para mejorar la experiencia de los estudiantes y del The post Simple, pero un cambio efectivo para UTRGV appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
UTRGV’s Women’s Basketball Team opened its season with a 114-47 victory against Arlington Baptist University on Nov. 2 The post Women’s basketball dunks on Arlington Baptist appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The men’s basketball scene at UTRGV is on a promising path as the Vaqueros opened with a 81-51 The post Men’s basketball set the season tone after opener devastation appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Institute for Advanced Manufacturing is hosting "Byte to Bite Restaurant", a robotics competition between high school teams from across South Texas on Saturday. The competition is being held from 9 a.m...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- At Los Fresnos, everybody knows the name, Lyla Trejo. Trejo's outstanding volleyball career at Los Fresnos High School is coming to a close as she prepares to continue her journey at the University of Texas at Tyler. But before Trejo closes the...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week 11 of high school football is underway in the Rio Grande Valley. MORE ON VALLEYCENTRAL+: Stream Donna vs. Brownsville Lopez and Los Fresnos vs. Harlingen on ValleyCentral+ Here are your scores for tonight’s games: And don’t forget, ValleyCe...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to viewers at the click of a button. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from t...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — More than 4,000 students from across the Rio Grande Valley are attending a four-day-long event known as "Ag Awareness Week." Fourth-graders from both Hidalgo and Cameron counties are having a closer look of what agriculture is and how it is a co...
Fred Perez S AN BENITO — The school board here is giving Superintendent Fred Perez “good” marks on his job performance while planning to boost student test scores and enrollment as he enters his third year in office, board President Orlando Lopez said Wednesday. After giving Pere...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A safety incident was reported on Wednesday after a knife and a BB gun were recovered from two separate students at Sharyland North Junior High School. District officials issued two communication alerts on Wednesday with updates about the incid...
Brownsville's growing space industry is opening the door to new opportunities, and community leaders, industry experts, and students gathered Wednesday to talk about what the future could hold for the city and the Rio Grande Valley....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — DTM Realty, a Real Estate Company, is kicking off its 10th Annual Turkeys for Teachers event on Saturday to give during the season of gratitude. Daniel Garza from DTM Realty said it all started with spreading awareness for education. "Teachers a...
Gina Hinojosa, who grew up in Brownsville and graduated from Homer Hanna High School, has been elected governor of Texas, becoming the first Hispanic woman to win the state's highest elected office....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Monica De La Cruz visited the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg campus on Monday to present a grant to fight against the New World screwworm. De La Cruz presented the $2.2 million federal grant on behalf of the U.S. Department of Ag...
A longtime Rio Grande Valley educator has filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the Rio Hondo Independent School District, its superintendent and board president, claiming that coerced prayer at mandatory staff meetings violated his religious freedoms under the Constitu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week 11 of high school football is here! Our Valley Sports Team is highlighting the Los Fresnos vs. Harlingen Cardinals matchup. We’ll have live coverage starting Friday at 6 p.m. at Boggus Stadium. High school football on ValleyCentral+ ValleyC...
UTRGV students celebrated the start of Homecoming week Oct. 26 with free food, activities, T-shirts and personalized football The post Orange Crush kicks off Homecoming week appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
UTRGV football will host its second homecoming game Oct. 31 against Lamar University at the Robert & Janet The post UTRGV football builds homecoming tradition appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The Student Film Association at UTRGV hosted its third annual FreakFest horror film festival Wednesday at the Studio The post FreakFest showcases student horror films appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Week 10 of High School Football, Valley Sports Central has nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are Mission, Los Fresnos, and Raymondville. Tip of the cap to the Eagles; we don't see them here often, but they came out with...
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley running back Broderrick Taylor (26) carries the ball into the end zone against Lamar University in a Southland Conference game at Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.c...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- While kids are going to be out trick-or-treating on Halloween night, football fans will be in for a real treat as Vaqueros take on their second ranked opponent of the season -- the Lamar Cardinals. The Vaqueros are looking for their 11th straig...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week 10 of high school football and the Valley Sports Central team has your highlights on Overtime. Sports Director Megan Murray and Sports Reporters Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you live coverage from Vela vs. Edinburg, Lyford...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights for week 10 of high school football. Sports Director Megan Murray captured highlights from the La Joya at Los Fresnos game. Brett Holmes has your highlights from the Mission at PSJA Memori...
E DINBURG — Walking through the front doors of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Biomedical Research building, a feeling of excitement suddenly filled the air as a crowd of people gathered together to explore what the facility has to offer. The university hosted an open...
T he University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is poised to expand its program to train trilingual interpreters and bring deaf people into better communication with the larger Valley community. Part of the College of Liberal Arts, the program offers a master’s of the arts in Spanish ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to viewers with a click. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from the Harlingen...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week 10 of high school football is underway in the Rio Grande Valley. GAME OF THE WEEK: Vela vs. Edinburg High Here are your scores for tonight’s games: And don’t forget, ValleyCentral+ is your home for live high school football games this year....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The South Texas Center of Excellence in Cancer Research hosted an open house on Wednesday, offering the community an opportunity to explore cancer research facilities. The event also offered the community a chance to meet researchers from the U...
Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa visited the University Ballroom on the Edinburg campus Monday as part of her The post Power to change: Gina Hinojosa’s message to UTRGV appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week ten of high school football is here! Our Valley Sports Team is highlighting the Vela vs. Edinburg High game. We’ll have live coverage starting Friday at 6 p.m. at Richard R. Flores Stadium. High school football on ValleyCentral+ ValleyCentr...
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is honoring local teachers committed to academic excellence with the Golden Apple Award. For our second award of the school year, CBS Rio Grande Valley Anchor Marco Ramirez visited Sharyland ISD to honor an elementary school teacher ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s week nine of high school football and the Valley Sports Central team has your highlights on Overtime. Sports Director Megan Murray and Sports Reporters Brett Holmes and Noah Gulley are bringing you live coverage from McAllen Memorial vs. Ro...
UTRGV’s Brownsville Visual Arts Complex remains under construction months after its expected August opening, leading to frustration among The post Brownsville Visual Arts Complex faces construction delays appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Week 9 of High School Football, Valley Sports Central has nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are the Nikki Rowe Warriors, the Edinburg Bobcats, and the Sharyland Rattlers. Starting with the Nikki Rowe Warriors. They came...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The UTRGV Vaqueros walked out of Estes Stadium with their first road victory of the season and first-ever victory in overtime against the Central Arkansas Bears, 30-27. This was also the Vaqueros' first game in overtime since the program's start...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week nine of high school football is underway in the Rio Grande Valley. Here are your scores for tonight’s games: And don’t forget, ValleyCentral+ is your home for live high school football games this year. ValleyCentral is the only news station...
D ue to smoke from brush being cleared from a property near Pena Elementary School, the campus was evacuated Friday morning to Garcia Middle School as a precaution. Brownsville ISD reported that the smoke became an issue about mid-morning and the decision was made to relocate stu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights for week nine of high school football. Sports Director Megan Murray brings you highlights from McHi at PSJA Memorial. Sports Reporter Noah Gulley brings you highlights from La Joya at Edin...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Thursday to celebrate the renovation of a mobile health clinic at Texas State Technical College in Harlingen. The UTHealth Houston Mobile Clinic has been part of the Harlingen community for over 30 years, s...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's the final week of the regular season for high school volleyball before the playoffs get started. District races are coming down to the wire, but a few gold balls are still up in the air, including the Sharyland matchup as the Lady Rattlers ...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) —The Vaqueros are having to learn lessons the hard way this season through pain, struggle and loss. UTRGV is recovering from a 41-16 road loss to the University of Incarnate Word and it's right back to the blacktop this week with an 813-mile trek t...
The City of Brownsville is continuing its partnership with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public Health in Brownsville to help residents lead healthier lives through the Tu Salud ¡Sí Cuenta....
The cover for “The Lost Train and Other Stories” by Eduardo R. Del Rio. (Courtesy photo) E duardo Del Rio, a UTRGV emeritus professor of Literature and Culture is back with another book, “The Lost Train and Other Stories.” His latest features short stories with Latino characters ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to viewers with a click. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from the Harlingen...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The student accused of bringing a gun to Brownsville Early College High School last week is also accused of bringing the weapon to the nearby Texas Southmost College Rec Center the same day, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ValleyCe...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District has banned energy drinks on its campuses. In its wellness policy for the 2026-2027 school year, the Edinburg school district restricted high-energy foods and drinks that contain elevated leve...
The Environmental Awareness Club has taken the initiative to maintain the Brownsville Pollinator Cantina, preserving native plant populations The post Environmental club keeps native plants thriving on campus appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
Temporary overflow parking lots on the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses have been closed due to recent weather changes The post Overflow parking closure appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
