Mar 18 2022
By RENE TORRES Special to the NEWS In 1934, Manuel King was 11-years-old, and a fifth grader in a Brownsville grammar school. It was said that the young King was born with a whip in his hand—the mastery of which he developed to grow up to become one of the youngest lion tamers in the …
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Mar 18 2022
Special to the NEWS In celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8, Texas State Technical College’s Advocacy and Resource Center hosted a webinar titled “Women in Technology” that showcased some of its current and former students in technical programs and nontraditional careers. The event featured Maria Lara Herrera, a TSTC Precision Machining Technology …
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Mar 18 2022
By PETE BANDA Special to the NEWS Growing up in San Benito, Matt Montalvo knew from an early age that he wanted to change the way people talked about the lower Valley. The 30-year-old has taken on several different endeavors in an attempt to diversify the entertainment in the area, but his latest project is …
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Mar 18 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS The City of San Benito ended up saving more than $87,000 from refinancing $2,476,000 in outstanding debt from a 2012 bond issue. The city commission learned the “good news” during Tuesday’s, March 15 meeting. Don Gonzales, manager with the San Antonio office of Estrada Hinojosa Financial Advisors, said …
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Mar 18 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS The San Benito Economic Development Corporation has a past due balance of $29,848 for property located off I-69, past Circle K. The building, which the city bought for $690,000 in 2003, has been on sale since early 2019, and appraised at a value of $1.1 million. EDC Executive …
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Mar 18 2022
By TONY VINDELL Special to the NEWS The greater San Benito area is celebrating two projects that are sure to forever reshape the area’s landscape. Another road project gets underway now on the east side of the San Benito/Harlingen area. “Welcome to the weekly ground breaking event,” Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr. said before …
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Mar 11 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS David Miles of Western Spherical Developers met with local leaders two weeks ago to discuss an addition to the RGV Epicenter project: a 300-350-unit multi-family complex for veterans, military, first-responders, and others. According to Miles’s representative, Linda Merritt, it is not a traditional apartment complex. “The purpose-driven initiative …
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Mar 11 2022
Special to the NEWS February proved to be a busy month for the Callandret Black History Museum, located in the heart of the Resaca City, as the month was capped with a visit by several teachers from Frank Roberts Elementary, encouraged by their Principal, Ron Diaz, who, in turn, brought their students to visit the …
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Mar 11 2022
Special to the NEWS What was meant to be a small gathering of friends exchanging memories several years ago has become a yearly conference focusing on the black history of Cameron County, mainly San Benito and Harlingen, where Lonnie Davis was born and now lives. “The house where I was born is still standing …
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Mar 11 2022
By DAVID LOPEZ Special to the NEWS AEP Texas and Sharyland utilities held two in-person open houses last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to present residents with information about their latest effort to upgrade the local power grid in Cameron County. The La Palma-Kingfisher Transmissions Improvement Project will build 5-7 miles of the double-circuit 345-kilovolt power …
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