Mar 07 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO, TX —The Bobcats Varsity baseball players take an impressive 7-2 overall record into their third tournament of the season this week. The Bobcats come into the Santa Rosa ISD Tournament fresh off a 15-0 victory against IDEA Quest College Prep. Senior Nathan Ortega scored three runs, …
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Mar 07 2025
By STEVE HATHCOCK Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Correspondence of the Victorian Advocate; The Gulf beach of Padre Island is said to be lined with goods drifting from seaward. …
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Mar 07 2025
COMMENTARY By JOE RODRIGUEZ Joe Rodriguez is a San Benito native and former San Benito City Commissioner candidate. Two critical core principles of the 1st Amendment enshrined in The Constitution are Freedom of Speech, and the right to petition the government. During the Vietnam War, 58,220 Americans died protecting those rights. They were written in …
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Feb 28 2025
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com exas Folklife organizers want a bigger and better presence in the Rio Grande Valley, and they took the first steps towards that goal during a brainstorming session held at San Benito’s Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum earlier this month. The Tuesday evening table talk workshop was helmed by …
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Feb 28 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com PORT ISABEL, TX—At a meeting on Feb. 24, the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District Commissioners decided to hold the entity’s May 2025 elections in-house at their main location at 250 Industrial Dr., Port Isabel. The election is scheduled for May 3, 2025. Places one and two are up for election. The …
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Feb 28 2025
Special to the NEWS BROWNSVILLE, TX —Cameron County officials recently announced the successful completion of the Fuel Reduction Conservation Project at the Cameron County Airport, implemented in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy in Texas [TNC Texas]. Initiated in May 2024, the project goals were to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect infrastructure, and enhance the …
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Feb 28 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS, TX —On Feb. 12, according to an official criminal complaint, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations [HSI] “encountered” the owners of Abby’s Bakery, Leonardo Baez and Nora Alicia Avila-Guel. The two are now facing charges for allegedly harboring illegal migrants. According to the complaint, on Feb. 12, Homeland Security …
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Feb 28 2025
By ARABELLA SERRATA editor@sbnewspaper.com The City of San Benito Commissioners held a regular meeting on Feb. 18. There were no public comments. Stephanie Sarriondia, Finance Director for the City of San Benito presented the City’s key performance indicators for the first quarter of the fiscal year. According to Sarriondia, in the human resources department, there …
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Feb 28 2025
By RENE TORRES Rene Torres is a retired University of Texas at Brownsville, and Texas Southmost College assistant professor. He has a long history in the Rio Grande Valley as an educator, sports historian and humanitarian, with a wealth of community service to his credit. According to economists, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 was …
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Feb 28 2025
By STEVE HATHCOCK Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley. Nazis Want America Below Rio Grande Mexico City-AP- George S. Messersmith, new US ambassador to Mexico and one time consulate general …
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