Oct 07 2022
By RAY QUIROGA publisher@sbnewspaper.com LOS INDIOS – Sitting along Rio Grande River, hugging the Texas-Mexico Border, the quiet and quaint river community of Los Indios of around 1,000 residents has been making noticeable strides toward improving the quality of life for its citizens. In more recent years, the city has established its own small police …
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Oct 07 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS RIO HONDO–Interim RI-ISD Superintendent Raul Treviño was voted the lone finalist for the Superintendent position by the Board of Trustees last Wednesday. By law, the district must wait for a 21-day period before hiring Treviño as Superintendent. According to Board President Jaime Lopez, although there were multiple inquiries, …
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Sep 30 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Community of San Benito, San Benito CISD is committed to providing our students educational opportunities that support their post-secondary goals. As a school board, we pledge that our complete and utter focus will remain student-centered. Additionally, being conscientious stewards of the District’s finances ensures that instructional programming and extracurricular activities are …
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Sep 30 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Community of San Benito, During the special-called board meeting of Tuesday, September 20, 2022, San Benito CISD’s forensic audit report was presented to the Board of Trustees and subsequently released in its entirety to the community. The audit report can be found on our District’s website (www.sbcisd.net/forensic-audit-report/) along with the PowerPoint …
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Sep 30 2022
By RENE TORRES In order to prevent another “Pearl Harbor,” every Valley citizen, especially along the coast, became a plane spotter. They were the eyes and ears of the force that protected the continental United States. Airplane spotters were scattered over the Valley doing a vital war job. Cameron County had three such observation posts …
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Sep 30 2022
Special to the NEWS Niche, earlier this week, released its 2023 Best Schools K-12 School & District Rankings, and for the ninth year in a row, South Texas Independent School District (STISD), with a campus in San Benito (Rising Scholars) and its campuses ranked among the best in the state and nation. With an A+ …
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Sep 30 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS A fence to keep the native wildlife out of the perimeter of the Cameron County Airport is up and is keeping the unwanted critters out. The 5.1-mile game fence was built with county and state funds from the Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division. County and state and …
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Sep 30 2022
Special to the NEWS For many first-semester Electrical Lineworker and Management Technology students at Texas State Technical College, trusting their safety equipment and overcoming a fear of heights are important fundamentals for success in the program. Two of those students are San Benito’s own Michael Chis and Jose Lucio. “The importance of safety is always …
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Sep 30 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS Oct. 1 kicks off the new fiscal year for the San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, and with it, a number of changes have been made for the district of some 9,000-plus students. First and foremost, residents will be getting a break in their next property taxes as …
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Sep 30 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS By the time he was seven-years-old, Dylan Hensley was making a habit of filming most family events with his parents’ handheld video camera. With a supportive family whose only demand was not to tape over any previous recordings, Hensley’s passion for filmmaking grew each year and eventually evolved …
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