May 13 2022
Special to the NEWS Texas Southmost College Business student Phoebe Paz was recently named Executive Director of the San Benito Chamber of Commerce, a career that stemmed from an internship she received as a new student at the college. “It really is an honor to have been chosen for this position, it’s a huge step,” …
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May 13 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS San Benito CISD is planning and preparing its first-ever alumni band reunion to gather past band members from all decades of the Greyhound Band, dating back to the 1940s. The event will be held on Friday, September 23, during a home game against Edinburg High School. The event’s …
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May 13 2022
By AMANDA A. TAYLOR-UCHOA UTRGV Overcoming a traumatic life event can sometimes change people for the worse. But Victoria (Tori) Lozano used hardship as a tool to refocus her future. The former UTRGV Student Government Association (SGA) president and resident assistant (RA) at UTRGV U Central was in a devastating car accident in 2018, during …
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May 13 2022
Special to the NEWS Aaron Cantu, of Harlingen, knew he had to choose a career pathway when he was a student at San Benito High School. His decision to choose health care led him to future success in the health care field. Not only is he a nursing assistant teacher at his former high school, …
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May 13 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS A new trash pickup schedule has been approved by the San Benito City Council. Council members voted on the change after representatives of BFI Waste Services gave a presentation during a May 3 meeting of the administrative body. Ray Thomas, the company’s operations manager, said they proposed to …
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May 13 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS The May 7 Election in Cameron County featured two State Propositions, a vote on the Cameron County Venue Project, and various campaigns for city and school district offices. Both State of Texas Propositions passed by a landslide, each garnering more than 70 percent of the total vote within …
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May 13 2022
Special to the NEWS Cameron County Election personnel and poll workers are receiving letters from Easy Vote, a company that provides poll worker management software to the Cameron County Election Office, notifying them that an unauthorized actor accessed certain files that may have contained their personal identification information. The letter explains that after an investigation …
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May 13 2022
Special to the NEWS After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, the Annual Hog Waddle Concert returns Saturday, May 14, 2022, to the San Benito Fairgrounds. Gates open at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the gate, but can be purchased ahead of the event at the San Benito Public Library, located at 101 …
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May 05 2022
Special to the NEWS The Region One ESC Board of Directors voted unanimously to select Dr. Daniel P. King as the new Executive Director of the Region One Education Service Center in a regular called Board Meeting in late April; his first day will be May 2, 2022. Dr. King has served 42 years in …
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May 05 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS The May 7 Constitutional Amendment election takes place this weekend for San Benito and its surrounding communities of Rio Hondo and Los Indios. On the ballots are two state constitutional amendments, another vote on the Cameron County Venue Project, and various candidates for the cities of Rio Hondo …
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