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The Harlingen CISD Administration Building is seen in this undated photo. (Maricela Rodriguez/Valley Morning Star) H ARLINGEN — Health insurance costs are going to up for many of the school district’s employees. As part of a move to offset last year’s $5.3 million shortfall, the ...
The Harlingen CISD Administration Building is seen in this undated photo. (Maricela Rodriguez/Valley Morning Star) H ARLINGEN — Health insurance costs are going to up for many of the school district’s employees. As part of a move to offset last year’s $5.3 million shortfall, the ...
T he PossAble Dream Adult High School is opening doors for adult learners who earn high school diplomas and industry certificates years after dropping out of high school. The school has seven campuses in the Rio Grande Valley, with offices in Pharr and Brownsville, where it occup...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Sharyland Independent School District Transportation Department is taking a new approach to manage fuel costs and efficiency. Sharyland ISD introduced major changes that went into effect at the start of the 2026-2027 school year. RELATED: ‘S...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- It's time for another week of high school football! The Valley Sports Team is highlighting the Mission Veterans and PSJA Southwest matchup. We will go live from PSJA Stadium on Friday to bring our viewers highlights from the game. Our live Game...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Week 5 of High School Football, Valley Sports Central has nominated three teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are Edcouch-Elsa, Rio Hondo, and Sharyland Pioneer. The three teams all defeated previously undefeated teams. Edcouch-Elsa The ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- All IDEA Public Schools in the Rio Grande Valley will be offering free meals to all students in the community starting in October. IDEA says the meal offering is part of their commitment to providing children with access to nutritious food thro...
UTRGV Medical Libraries are expanding services and research resources for graduate health science students while making electronic resources The post UTRGV Medical Libraries expand resources appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The UTRGV Men’s Soccer Team prepares to adapt for the start of the Ohio Valley Conference with an The post Men’s soccer prepping for home advantage appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's week five 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 coverage from Rio Hondo at Lyford, Vela at...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this edition of Mic'd Up, Photojournalist Diego Tijerina follows Juarez-Lincoln Head Football Coach Daniel Cortez as the Huskies took on Sharyland Pioneer. The Huskies entered district play in uncharted territory: 4-0 for the first time in sc...
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rising fuel prices are adding another financial challenge for school districts across the Rio Grande Valley, with transportation costs putting pressure on budgets already dealing with declining enrollment. Point Isabel Independent School District ...
Brownsville Metro riders will benefit from a new transit shelter planned for Price Road following approval of an agreement between the City of Brownsville and the Brownsville Independent School District....
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men’s and women’s tennis teams will host a free youth tennis clinic Saturday, October 3, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM at the Brownsville Tennis Center....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's week five of high school football and Valley Sports Central has your Thursday night highlights. ON VALLEYCENTRAL+: Watch live high school football games on ValleyCentral+ Sports Director Megan Murray and Sport Reporters Brett Holmes and Noa...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Boys and Girls Club of San Benito now has a new space where current and future students can create new memories. The Center of Hope is a new space at the Boys and Girls Club of San Benito created in partnership with Panda Cares, a Panda Expr...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Week five of high school football is underway in the Rio Grande Valley. MORE ON VALLEYCENTRAL+: Watch Rio Grande City at McAllen Memorial, McAllen High vs. Nikki Rowe on ValleyCentral+ Here are your scores for tonight's games: And don't forget, ...
Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from IDEA Public Schools. PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Declining enrollment is becoming an ongoing challenge for public schools across Texas, including several major school districts in the Rio Grande Valley. Fewer stu...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Watching live high school football games is easier than ever with our free ValleyCentral+ app. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts from the Harlingen, Brownsville, Weslaco, and McAllen school distric...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An elementary school in Edinburg was placed on lockdown Wednesday after a person was reportedly seen with a weapon near the campus. The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District confirmed in a statement that Cayetano Cavazos Elementary S...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — While UTRGV basketball squads start warming up, volleyball is already in full swing. The Vaqueros get set for Southland play this week with two SLC matchups on slate. Head Coach Todd Lowery put his team through the gauntlet in non-conference play...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Basketball season is officially back at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The swishing of hoops at the UTRGV Fieldhouse means the Vaqueros are back on the court for their first practice of the 2026-27 season. UTRGV Women's Basketball Hea...
On Friday UTRGV experienced a power outage. As of press time Friday, there has not been word of The post Plot against us appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Vaqueros are celebrating their 9th straight home win with a 27-10 victory over McNeese. Now, the Vaqueros are cashing in the rewards with a clean sweep of the Southland Conference weekly honors. Quarterback Aidan Jakobsohn and linebacker Jai...
One UTRGV student says National Suicide Prevention Month means awareness, taking action, looking after friends who are struggling The post ‘You’re not alone’: UTRGV Counseling offers a variety of services for Vaqueros appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has nominated three high school football teams for Team of the Week. The nominees are Mission Veterans, McAllen High and PSJA North. Here are some recent highlights of our nominees. Mission Veterans Starting with Mission Ve...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —Sports Director Megan Murray, Brett Homes and Noah Gulley bring you Overtime, a new 30-minute show that dives into extended highlights and exclusive interviews with players and coaches. RELATED: Watch live high school football games on ValleyCent...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros beat the McNeese State Cowboys 27-10 in their Southland Conference home opener at the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg Saturday night. Starting quarterback No. 13 Garret Rangel left t...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Valley Sports Team has chosen to highlight the PSJA North Raiders and the Weslaco High School Panthers for the Week 4 segment of Game Changers. Game Changers features our Valley Sports Team where they select two players that they think will...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this edition of Mic'd Up, Photojournalist Diego Tijerina follows Rio Hondo Head Football Coach Rocky James as the Bobcats take on St. Joseph's Academy in their homecoming game at their newly renovated stadium. The Bobcats started off with two...
U TRGV announced that all operations and classes on the Edinburg campus are canceled for the remainder of the day due to an AEP power line serving the campus going down in the morning. The restoration efforts continue and the cancellation applies only to the Edinburg campus. No o...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As we wrap up another work/school week, many of us will be focused on tonight's high school football games. Our Game of the Week is in Weslaco between the Panthers and the PSJA North Raiders. We are expecting partly cloudy skies and a temperatur...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday that it canceled all Edinburg campus operations, including classes, due to a power outage. According to Melissa Vasquez, the UTRGV Director of External Communications and Media Relations...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is partnering with school districts across the Rio Grande Valley to bring live high school football games to our viewers at the click of a button. ValleyCentral is the only news station in the region to bring you live broadcasts fr...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Hondo community gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate the newly renovated Bobcat Stadium. The Rio Hondo Independent School District broke ground on the $6 million sports complex renovation in June. "It's truly a blessing just to see th...
T here will be acronyms. Rio Grande Valley Linking Economic and Academic Development (RGV LEAD) are teaming up with the Rio Grande Valley Builders Association (RGVBA) with a memorandum of agreement to establish the RGV LEAD Architecture and Construction Workforce Pipeline Initiat...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Week three of the high school football season featured some of the Rio Grande Valley's biggest upsets and showstopping performances. The performance from the Edinburg Vela senior quarterback and safety Caidyn Hoover landed him the honors of the...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District is continuing its efforts to connect with students who have not returned to school. The district will hold its 19th Annual Countdown to Zero Dropout Recovery Walk on Saturday, Sept. 19. The an...
E DINBURG — UTRGV head coach Travis Bush and the Vaqueros’ coaching staff break down the 12-game college football regular season into four quarters, with three games making up each quarter. In Year 1, the Vaqueros won all four quarters of their inaugural season, going 3-0 in the ...
Los estudiantes de UTRGV han experimentado largos tiempos de espera y de recoger en el transcurso del semestre The post Los tiempos de espera de VOLT preocupan a los estudiantes appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The underrepresented faction of the engineering program has banded together to create a space to support all UTRGV The post Student org empowers women in engineering appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
UTRGV students have experienced longer drop-off times and wait times throughout the beginning of the fall semester as The post VOLT wait times concern students appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The Vaqueros Clubs: Campus Takeover, an event part of Welcome Week, took place on Sept. 2 on the The post Clubs take over Brownsville appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The UTRGV Men’s Tennis team is starting up their fall season this year with their first match of The post Tennis serves into new season appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
UTRGV’s Natalie Singleton, left, with a header against Concordia’s Sari Hernandez, right, during the 1st half of an NCAA women’s soccer game at UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex Sunday Sept. 13, 2026 in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) UTRGV’s Isabella Burtin...
UTRGV women’s soccer lost 2-1 Thursday against the University of Texas at El Paso at the Soccer and The post Women’s Soccer throws the towel against UTEP appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Donna Independent School District was awarded $3.12 million by the Texas A&M Forest Service Schoolyard program to build new outdoor classrooms, increase tree canopy and add nature-based learning spaces to eight district schools. According to...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — Before there was a football team on campus, before seven sellout games in 2025, and before delivering the winningest inaugural season by a first-year FCS program, there was Nicholas Peace. The junior cornerback, Texas City native, and former ...
Special to RGVSports.com The UTRGV Vaqueros volleyball team opened their home slate Tuesday with a strong 3-0 (25-18, 28-26, 25-18) victory in front of a 1,208 fans at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. The Vaqueros (2-3) leaned on right side Ema Petkovic who delivered with her first-career d...
Dr. Veronica Kortan H ARLINGEN — After working nearly two years to rebuild the district’s financial standing, Superintendent Veronica Kortan is entering a contract running to 2029, paying a $260,100 salary, up from $255,000. In August, the school board conducted her j...
SPECIAL TO RGVSPORTS.COM EDINBURG — In the last 11 years with head coach Todd Lowrey leading the UTRGV volleyball program, the Vaqueros have enjoyed plenty of success. The Vaqueros captured their fourth conference title in 2025, sharing the Southland Conference (SLC) regular seas...
The new UTRGV School of Optometry, which is set to open in Fall 2027, is designed to address The post Keep an eye on the Valley: School of Optometry works toward its Fall 2027 debut appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
UTRGV kicks off the fall semester with The Stomp, the biggest celebration of Welcome Week. Hundreds of students The post The Stomp shakes the ground appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
La nueva Escuela de Optometría en UTRGV, la cual se espera su apertura en el otoño del 2027, The post Ojo con el Valle: Escuela de Optometría se prepara a su debut en ontoño del 2027 appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
This spring, UTRGV, in collaboration with St. Mary’s University, began providing Rio Grande Valley residents with local resources The post New options for law school in the Valley appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
The UTRGV Football Team started off the season with a (1-0) lead by shutting out The University of The post Vaqueros open season with a W appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
If you are a new student at UTRGV, there are many things you will learn during your first The post The unwritten rules of being a UTRGV student appeared first on The Rider Newspaper ....
