DONNA – Victoria Palms RV Resort Inn and Suites celebrated ballroom renovations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in September.
New carpeting, soundproof walls, repainting of ceiling tiles and sconces along with a new hardwood floor, are all part of the ongoing improvements at the Winter… Read More +

Tupelo (Stephen) Kenyon, who formed the musical duo Laughing Bird in the late 70’s with his wife Janey Wing Kenyon, died June 22 after a bout with cancer. He died in his home in Story, Wyoming.

Laughing Bird performed concerts from California to Florida annually,… Read More +

Season tickets are now on sale for “Live in McAllen.”

The McAllen Society for the Performing Arts (MSPA) is proud to announce the return of Live in McAllen, which consists of two series of top flight, live stage entertainment based at the McAllen Performing Arts Center.

The first series, Broadway in McAllen will bring the Best… Read More +

Many Winter Texans come from Big 10 country where they love their sports, especially football and basketball.

It’s not unusual to see clusters of Winter visitors scattered throughout the arena to watch the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the single affiliation G-League team for the Houston Rockets. Recently,… Read More +

It's not unusual to get dressed up for the symphony, but the Valley Symphony Orchestra is taking it to a different level as it presents its second concert of the season: “A Harry Potter Halloween” at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at the McAllen Performing Arts Center, located at 799 Convention Center Blvd.

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South Texas College (STC) Theatre kicks off its 2018-2019 season this month with Christopher M. Walsh’s play, “Miss Holmes”, inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The production will run from Oct. 18-20 at 8 p.m. and will include a matinee at 2 p.m. on Oct. 21. Performances will take place at STC’s Cooper Center for Communication Arts Black Box… Read More +

Welcome to Wild by Nature. My name is Luciano Guerra and this is my weekly nature and wildlife column. As a photographer and a life-long Valley resident, I have been observing and photographing the Rio Grande Valley’s amazing diversity of wildlife for as long as I can remember. From the tiniest and most delicate of the Valley’s butterflies to alligators large enough to kill a man, I have… Read More +

Paul K. Strother probably didn't know how amazing the fossilized moth scales he and his team uncovered were and how they would rewrite history.

Six years later, Strother, whose interest is in the study of paleopalynology (defined officially as the study of dust and how certain life was… Read More +

In Sharon, Minn., 14 inches of snow fell in 24 hours between Oct. 10 and 11.

A comment on the National Weather Service's website read “there was some melting, so the actual amount could have been higher.”

A few days earlier in the… Read More +

While you’re in the Rio Grande Valley, you’ll want to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the fall weather and do some birding in one of the country’s most prolific birding areas. Some 535 different species of birds have been identified in the Valley.

To take… Read More +