Jul 04 2025
By RAY QUIROGA & TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON publisher@sbnewspaper.com The Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum (TCMHFM) enjoyed a week of accolades and highlights as San Benito’s “little museum that could” was recognized as one of the top 10 music museums to visit in Texas and hosted another standing-room-only Texas Folklife event on Sunday. …
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Jul 04 2025
Special to the NEWS MCALLEN, TX—Three more Texas residents have been sentenced in connection with a long-running and violent conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry in the Los Indios border region, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei earlier this week. They and others controlled the transmigrate industry through fear, monopolization and extortion of …
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Jul 04 2025
NEWS Staff Report The San Benito Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors made it official on Wednesday by naming Alma Flores, of San Benito, as the Chamber’s Executive Director. The San Benito Chamber of Commerce board of directors, comprising of Toni Crane, Chairman of the board, Sam Patel, Vice-Chairman, Isabel Boswell, Treasurer, Linda De La …
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Jul 04 2025
Special to the NEWS Immediately following the 89th Texas Legislative Session, State Representative Janie Lopez (R-HD 37) of San Benito convened a series of regional workshops to address urgent water infrastructure challenges and share opportunities for future planning and funding. The first workshop took place in Cameron County, with a second set for Willacy County, …
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Jul 04 2025
By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS The San Benito Public Library is celebrating local poet Dora E. Gonzalez with a summer display that showcases her published works, creative beginnings, and connection to the community. The feature is part of the library’s Summer Reading Program and its continued effort to uplift hometown voices. “The …
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Jul 04 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The first Kids’ Outdoor Odyssey Summer Camp will run from Monday, July 7, through Friday, July 11, and slots are filling up quickly. The camp provides children ages 7 through 13 (and volunteers ages 14 and older) with an opportunity to see parrots and tortoises up close, many …
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Jul 04 2025
By TRINA “INDI” JOHNSON Special to the NEWS Due to recent rain, the annual ResacaFest has been relocated back to the Heavin Trail, officials from the City of San Benito announced on Wednesday. After last year’s rescheduling due to inclement weather, ResacaFest was initially scheduled to return to a new location this year. The annual …
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Jul 04 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS In discussing their collaboration on the fictional novel “Tiempo, Texas,” authors Max Tyrone Lozano and Tomas Ray Garcia shared real-life experiences that mirror the book’s characters, who live along the South Texas border. They were invited to discuss the 212-page book at the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum, …
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Jun 27 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS The minds and hearts of children and adults were on full display when the San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum hosted a Ruido Studios workshop called “956 For All,” on Saturday, June 21. Ruido Studios co-founders Fatima Garza and Dani Marrero Hi led the two-hour event, challenging their guests …
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Jun 27 2025
By ALBERT VILLEGAS Special to the NEWS In preparing a matching grant for a wetlands area that already exists in the city, a multitude of ideas were discussed that would bring warranted attention to a large area that appears to have been forgotten and its needs moderately set aside. Despite all this, it doesn’t appear …
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