- 1. Experience ingenuity and the frontier spirit at Goodnight Ranch State Historic Site
- (Around Town)
- ... Historical Commission. It features the Folk Victorian house Charles built in 1887 for his Goodnight-Thayer Cattle Company. The house overlooks descendants of the original bison herd the Goodnights started ...
- Created on 05 May 2026
- 2. Tourist Day celebrates 50 years
- (Around Town)
- By Herb Moering For the 50th year Tourist Day was started on Saturday, March 21 with delegations from the U.S. side and from the Mexican side meeting at the center of the Progreso International Bridge ...
- Created on 24 March 2026
- 3. Quilting: A Classy Hobby or a Life Changer?
- (In The Parks)
- ... of sewing. But life changed for her when she married and started making maternity clothes, curtains and basic blankets – but never a quilt. It was after she began selling her old-fashioned rag rugs ...
- Created on 23 March 2026
- 4. Americans keep the trophy for second year in a row
- (Around Town)
- ... was Ed Martens, who started the league 32 years ago. It was known initially as the Ed Martens Senior Texan League. Martens has a history of some 50 years of playing ball which included the first 25 in ...
- Created on 10 March 2026
- 5. McAllen Heritage Center to celebrate 20 years
- (Around Town)
- ... The thought of the museum started in 2004 during the McAllen centennial festivities that were held and included a gala celebrating McAllen’s 100 years. Due to the success of those events, centennial ...
- Created on 03 March 2026
- 6. Wintertainers Shine at Valley Star Awards
- (Entertainment)
- ... singing along to their familiar tunes. They also brought some delight when Teresa Condon did her yodeling. After a short intermission the show was started back up again with some redneck comedy by Paul ...
- Created on 17 February 2026
- 7. Tropic Star honors Golden Anniversary couples
- (In The Parks)
- ... couples. The Golden Anniversary weekend included a rehearsal dinner for the 10 honored couples on Saturday night. The celebration started at 2 p.m., with an introduction of each couple, followed by ...
- Created on 10 February 2026
- 8. Big Band group keeps memories alive
- (In The Parks)
- ... from Illinois living at Casa Del Valle RV Resort in Alamo, has been singing as part of the big band group for the past 15 years. She started performing early in several bands organized by her late husband. ...
- Created on 03 February 2026
- 9. Immerse yourself in nature at SPI wildlife expo
- (Around Town)
- ... to take over the rapidly evolving annual event. In 2016, the Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo found its new host in the SPI Birding, Nature Center & Alligator Sanctuary. What started as a small-scale fishing ...
- Created on 03 February 2026
- 10. Winter Texans enjoy Clayton Homes open house
- (Around Town)
- ... had just upgraded to a new Clayton Homes model they ordered at the end of last October and moved into a week before the open house. The couple from Illinois had started with a fifth wheel some 15 plus ...
- Created on 26 January 2026
- 11. Trophy Gardens residents’ vision becomes reality
- (In The Parks)
- ... had started playing on a court laid out with lines on a street in next door neighbor Winter Ranch RV Resort, her husband related. But she became the spark to the project, meeting with management and other ...
- Created on 19 January 2026
- 12. Pickleball on Padre – More than just a tournament
- (Around Town)
- ... been pivotal in forming along with others in the Valley that realized there was a need to bring structure, support, and access to the sport of pickleball across the RGV. He said what started as small local ...
- Created on 13 January 2026
- 13. Alamo Palms holds RC Swap Meet
- (In The Parks)
- ... got started in RC racing 20 years ago, while traveling much of the country as part of a military family and then as a full-time RVer. He settled in the area as a coming home with his wife who is from the ...
- Created on 30 December 2025
- 14. Mission Bell – Tradewinds donates over 1,800 pounds of food
- (In The Parks)
- Mission Bell/Trade Winds hosted their third annual Reverse Advent Calendar food drive. This was started in 2023 by a couple of park residents. DaLeen Markel found an article about a group of people that ...
- Created on 23 December 2025
- 15. GVE ladies donate to MRMC
- (In The Parks)
- The Golf View Estates ladies who love to sew continue to make baby blankets for Mission Regional Medical Center. This season, the group of ladies also started making stuffed bears, dogs and other knitted ...
- Created on 23 December 2025
- 16. RGV Concert Band presents Christmas Concert
- (Entertainment)
- ... The RGV Concert Band is made up of local and Winter Texans. The group started in 1996 and some of their members are in their 80s and 90s. The current band director, a retired school band director, Gene ...
- Created on 10 December 2025
- 17. STC Mid-Valley Campus launches gift card drive
- (Around Town)
- ... of the SNAP delay. “I started hearing more and more about the SNAP benefits being cancelled and started thinking about how that would affect the Rio Grande Valley in general and our students in particular ...
- Created on 26 November 2025
- 18. McAllen presents Broadway in the RGV
- (Entertainment)
- The McAllen Performing Arts Center is thrilled to announce the exciting 2025-2026 Broadway in the Rio Grande Valley. The season started in September with The Addams Family. There are four remaining shows ...
- Created on 11 November 2025
- 19. batter up and play ball
- (Around Town)
- ... a glove or bat anymore? No problem, the league has equipment they will loan you. The league practices have already started at McAllen’s West Side Park, located on S. Ware Road directly across from ...
- Created on 03 November 2025
- 20. Harlingen Community Theatre presents Aladdin Jr.
- (Entertainment)
- ... this season shows. They started the season last month with Murder on the Orient Express. Their next show, Disney’s Aladdin Jr., is set to entertain audiences November 14 through 16. The shows will be ...
- Created on 03 November 2025
