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On the sandy shores of South Padre Island, a pair of talented East Texan high school sweethearts have found a home abundant in hope, resilience, community and music, but life-altering health struggles have impacted their livelihoods. However, hope is on the Laguna Madre horizon. ...
The sound of violins is filling the halls of the Brownsville George Ramirez Performing Arts Academy this summer as young students discover the joy of making music through the Revival of Cultural Arts (ROCA) Violin Camp Program....
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER EDITOR’S NOTE: This story begins our position-by-position look at the top returning high school football players in the Rio Grande Valley. Follow the series in the coming weeks as we count down to the release of our annual Top 30 players list in Augus...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — IDEA Public Schools in the Rio Grande Valley is hosting six free back-to-school backpack giveaways throughout July and August across its Valley campuses. According to a news release from IDEA Public Schools, the statewide initiative is designed ...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football fans can expect a new game-day experience this fall after the Vaqueros released kickoff times and promotional themes for their 2026 home schedule, building on the momentum of the program’s inaugural ...
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Football fans and young athletes in Brownsville will have the opportunity to get an up-close look at the UTRGV football program next month when the Vaqueros host an open practice and free youth clinic at Sams Memorial Stadium. The event is schedu...
A newly constructed classroom in Los Manguitos, Honduras, was dedicated in memory of longtime Port Isabel resident Mary Gorball through the nonprofit Hands to Honduras. The new school will provide local children with a permanent place to learn while honoring Gorball’s legacy of g...
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons 7on7 squad had a great season competing this summer against numerous Rio Grande Valley teams. The team looked sharp and won more than their share of games, even against some of the bigger schools in the area...
SAN JUAN — Dozens of students from Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School sat on the floor inside the multi-purpose room of the San Juan Memorial Library on Monday morning. Rosann Bacha-Garza stood at the center of the room and engaged the children with questions about what type ...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The UTRGV athletic department announced Wednesday football season tickets have sold out for the second-straight year, while also unveiling themes for the Vaqueros’ five home games during the 2026 season at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium. UTRGV...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley is home to a massive pet population - a fact that Yaqui Animal Rescue knows all too well. “We actually did a study at Donna North High School, where we asked 300 students how many pets they had in their homes," said Alyssa Ce...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The legendary heavy-metal band Metallica is helping students at South Texas College build their careers through its nationally recognized scholarship initiative. South Texas College is one of 18 schools selected from across the country to receiv...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley received a generous donation of cereal boxes on Tuesday from the Valley Baptist School of Vocational Nursing. The donation is part of the Valley Baptist's annual Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive to help loc...
HARLINGEN — Everybody’s talking about it. And there’s a lot to talk about. They’re talking about Lauren Elliot taking home three championships from the 2026 National Speech and Debate Tournament in Richmond. They’re talking about Jocely Coto and her partner Alisha Dorado from Har...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The South Texas Independent School District Science Academy Dragons are now national champions after competing at the 2026 Esports Series Championship in Orlando, Florida. The games were held June 25 through the 28 at Full Sail University and br...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In Austin, the State Board of Education hosted days of public comment as it weighed changes to required reading lists and social studies standards. Opponents of the changes asked for more local control when it came to the books school districts ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — With school out and summer underway, the city of Brownsville is reminding homeowners that renting out their private pools is prohibited. Renting out private residential pools to third parties for events violates the city's Unified Development Co...
Harlingen CISD students are coached on how to play pickleball on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at RGV Pickle in Harlingen. (Travis M. Whitehead | Valley Morning Star) HARLINGEN — The kids dashed about the courts with their laughter and the thump-thump-thump of the yellow balls bouncin...
By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Tarpon Athletic Director Coach Tony Villarreal and Girls Coordinator Johvonne Howard recently announced the June Champions, recognizing student-athletes who demonstrated commitment to strength and conditioning, sport-specific...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Early College High School pianist recently performed at the Teatro Colón in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Francisco Rocafuerte, a distinguished Mexican artist who resides in McAllen, told ValleyCentral he h...
HARLINGEN — Faced with losing about 100 students, the school board’s passing a $198.3 million general fund budget coming with employee pay increases as the district continues to recover about two years after plunging into financial crisis. While the budget earmarks $115.9 million...
The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a $578 million operating budget for the 2026-2027 school year. The approved budget provides the financial framework necessary to support educational programs, student services, district operations a...
Felicity Fok, a graduating senior from Veterans Memorial Early College High School and four-time participant in the National History Day National Contest, placed second in her individual presentation at this year’s contest. Fok’s presentation was about the 1960s and ‘70s, which i...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral reveals why a former Edinburg High School coach is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Christian Roxburgh, 38, of Edinburg, was charged with having an inappropriate relationship ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees named Timothy E. Cuff as the lone finalist for its superintendent position. The announcement was made on Wednesday during a regular board meeting. Brownsville ISD officially began it...
Rivera Early College High School’s National History Day team is back in Brownsville after winning the group performance national championship last week in College Park Maryland. Team members Damian Ledesma, a 2026 Rivera graduate, and rising juniors Karol Arriaga, Isabella Castan...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics Department on Wednesday announced a home agreement football series with the University of Montana. The home agreement is the first look into the Vaqueros' football schedule for the 2030 and 203...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Texas Southmost College representative Sophie Vega stopped by our NBC 23 studio to spread the word about two free, family-friendly events coming up on the Brownsville campus. Kicking off their summer events is Movie on the Lawn. Join the commun...
Special to RGVSports.com After putting together the winningest inaugural season by a startup program in FCS history in 2025, UTRGV football has continued to build a schedule that will challenge the Vaqueros both now and in the future. This season, the Vaqueros will face their fir...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Alexa Nichols, a former ophthalmic technician and rising third year medical student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, knows firsthand how much information the eyes can hold. Nichols is part of a group of students at UTRGV's School of...
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District (HCISD) culinary arts program students at Gutierrez Middle School cook smash burgers Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Miguel Roberts | The Brownsville Herald) HARLINGEN — The gloved hands sliced through tomatoes and gathered chopped le...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer WESLACO — The top high school baseball seniors from across the Rio Grande Valley took the diamond one last time at the Baseball Coaches Association of the Rio Grande Valley (BCARGV) 5A-6A All-Star Game on Thursday at Weslaco High School. The all-star ga...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Raymondville Independent School District Health Clinic is set to close its doors in July. The decision to close the clinic was announced on Monday in a social media post. "As a health clinic, you need to have a certain amount of patients to...
The Brownsville Public Utilities Board has awarded 11 graduating high school seniors with Project SHARE Scholarships of $2,000 each to help pay the cost of attending an accredited university this fall. BPUB’s Project SHARE was created in 1985 to help local families with utility b...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer This year’s Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game in Round Rock included three Rio Grande Valley standouts and one head coach, as the best from across the state took the field for one last time at Dell Diamond. La Joya Palmview he...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was ranked in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list. UTRGV was ranked No. 1,153 in the Best Global Universities ranking, out of more than 2,250 universities from 105 countrie...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — School districts across the Valley have canceled summer school classes and activities scheduled for Tuesday due to expected heavy rains and possible local flooding. According to the Valley Storm Team, rain totals will average 3-6″ for the Valley...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —Theatre is about telling stories, but one local student's story may be his most compelling role yet. The lights come up. The curtain opens. And for Javier, that's where the magic begins. Whether it's musical theatre, one-act play, or speech and d...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Roma Independent School District's mariachi program had the opportunity to shine and represent the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall in New York City. "It's a tremendous opportunity for a musician, especially as a student musicia...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum kicked off its two-day education experience on Wednesday for students with the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District. The two-day experience will welcome more than 300 elementary students from t...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley faces some of the highest rates of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the world, and researchers at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are working to understand why. Doctors and scientists at the UTRGV Institute of ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Middle and high school students from across the Rio Grande Valley gathered in Brownsville on Tuesday for a Regional P-Tech Expansion Summer Camp. Over 100 students from about 13 Valley school districts had an opportunity to explore TSC's program...
“Exuviate.” “Can I have a definition?” asked Anirudh Roy, 12, who competed last month in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Resaca Middle School seventh grader caught the attention and the excitement of everyone as he spelled one word and then another and another, accomp...
For nearly two decades, The Salon and Spa Institute has been helping students in Brownsville transform their creativity into careers in the beauty industry....
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — With students out for summer vacation, Valley Baptist Health System is partnering with the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley to provide hungry children and adults with a healthy breakfast. The cereal drive is taking place from June 8 through Ju...
The Brownsville Independent School District continues to move toward naming a new superintendent of schools by the start of the 2026-2027 school year in August. The BISD Board of Trustees reviewed applications at a May 26 meeting and is in the process of interviewing potential ca...
Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer MISSION — Sharyland High is set to take the biggest stage in Texas high school baseball as the Rattlers prepare to play seven innings with a state championship on the line. Sharyland is just the fifth team in Rio Grande Valley high school baseball hist...
Ramses Mares, left, is pictured next to Rebecca Lawler, a NASA astronaut candidate, Ariel Mata and Mercedes Espinoza in this undated photo. (Courtesy photo) HARLINGEN — Even in the peace and the serenity and the glory of the stars, space travelers can still get headaches. Now, th...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Hondo Independent School District held a groundbreaking ceremony at Bobcat Stadium on Monday for its $6 million sports complex renovation. The renovation includes new turf at the football, softball, and baseball fields, LED lighting and ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced that water service has been restored at Brownsville campus buildings. Campus operations will return to normal operations on Monday. On Saturday, UTRGV reported that a water leak under the Texas...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is reporting a water leak in the Brownsville campus under the Texas Southmost College cooling plant. According to a social media post, the water leak is affecting the chilled water supply to portions o...
Details Event by: Gladys Porter Zoo Address: 500 Ringgold St, Brownsville, TX, United States, Texas 78520 Your favorite back-to-school event is here! H-E-B presents Kids Appreciation Day at Gladys Porter Zoo! During Kids Appreciation Day, the first 1,000 children at the passpo...
IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER BROWNSVILLE — Longtime Brownsville Rivera boys soccer head coach Salvador Garcia hung up his whistle at the end of the school year, leaving big shoes to fill at the perennial soccer powerhouse. Enter former state championship head coach Zeke Morales. ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo held its annual scholarship awards banquet on Tuesday. Approximately $1.95 million in scholarships were awarded to students. The RGVLS honored grand champion winners whose commitment earned them rec...
Researchers at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine have identified a new biomarker that may improve early detection of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a neurodegenerative disease. ALS remains among the most difficult neurological conditions to unde...
By JACQI LEYVA-HILL Special to the PRESS Students attending Port Isabel Junior High School are getting a hands on introduction to engineering and problem solving thanks to a traveling STEM education lab funded through the Texas Education Agency. The mobile learning lab, operated ...
LOS FRESNOS, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Anirudh Roy, a sixth-grade student from Resaca Middle School in Los Fresnos, has placed 30th in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Roy is one of 247 students from across the country and around the world who have been selected for Scripps,...
The excitement, the electrifying excitement of increasing victories, could be felt even in a text message saying Anirudh Roy had advanced to quarterfinals in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. That was Tuesday night. By Wednesday noon, he had advanced to th...
A former Harlingen retail center is officially getting a make-over now that the University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved the design development plans and a $42.3 million funding package to establish its new state-of-the-art academic facility. The board approved th...
Motorists should plan ahead after officials announced a road closure lasting about a month is beginning infrastructure work Monday. The post Thoroughfare by Sharyland Pioneer High School to see monthlong closure appeared first on MyRGV.com....
