- 1. 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
- 2. Winter Texans enjoy Ron Hoover Open House
- (Around Town)
- By Herb Moering Among the hundreds of Winter Texans attending the 19th annual Ron Hoover RV and Marine Center Open House January 15 and 16 in Donna were a number of armed forces veterans who spend their ...
- Created on 26 January 2026
- 3. Explore the Olmecs at IMAS at annual celebration
- (Around Town)
- ... guided hundreds of visitors in a group mural piñata build last October at the Día de los Muertos Festival, on display now at the IMAS. This community art-making activity is supported by an Arts Respond ...
- Created on 13 January 2026
- 4. Rina's Rambling
- (Column: Rina's Ramblings)
- ... it is evident by the many photos I have seen on Facebook. And then there was the New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge. I saw a video of the hundreds that joined in at South Padre Island. I also saw a few ...
- Created on 06 January 2026
- 5. Sea Turtle Inc. Foundation presents the fundraising gala
- (Around Town)
- ... toward securing a world with thriving sea turtle populations through a four-tiered mission that includes conservation, medical care, applied research, and education programs. Sea Turtle Inc. treats hundreds ...
- Created on 06 January 2026
- 6. Unique vending machines coming to McAllen
- (Around Town)
- ... participating in the Giving Machine have delivered hundreds of thousands of items worldwide. Other locations throughout the world have different organizations or items you can donate. For instance, you ...
- Created on 10 December 2025
- 7. Give a piece of historic Texas this holiday season
- (Around Town)
- ... purchased now online and will be available at many of the state’s historic sites soon. The 171-page cookbook features hundreds of recipes organized into categories such as starters, salads, main dishes, ...
- Created on 26 November 2025
- 8. Brownsville Latin Music Festival next weekend
- (Entertainment)
- ... endeavoring to produce quality programming to the largely underserved community. They have hosted hundreds of shows, concerts and cultural programs giving back to the community and allowing the community ...
- Created on 27 October 2025
- 9. Registration open for Texas Master Naturalist training
- (Around Town)
- ... cities, schools, and other public entities. Hundreds of opportunities are available to volunteers from studying wildlife to developing public native gardens, learning about native plants and habitat, citizen ...
- Created on 27 October 2025
- 10. National Museum of the Pacific War launches revamped Society of Sons and Daughters of WWII Veterans
- (Around Town)
- ... approximately 900 artifacts, 15 macro-artifacts, and hundreds of photographs. The Museum is a Texas Historical Commission Property, managed and supported by The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) ...
- Created on 23 May 2025
- 11. Tourists enjoy the refreshments and entertainment in Progreso
- (Entertainment)
- By Herb Moering Hundreds of Winter Texans turned out Friday under picture perfect weather for the 49th annual Tourist Day in Nuevo Progreso. The event to say “thanks” to all those who come to shop, ...
- Created on 27 March 2025
- 12. It’s the weather that brings them back
- (News)
- ... I want to live where it's snowing and frozen. I love that we can play softball pretty much all year.” The nation's warmest “Polar Bear Dip” also takes place on South Padre Island every January 1. Hundreds ...
- Created on 12 March 2025
- 13. Museum to hold weekend long Iwo Jima Commemoration
- (Around Town)
- ... than 55,000 square feet of exhibit space, 40 media installations, approximately 900 artifacts, 15 macro-artifacts, and hundreds of photographs. The Museum is a Texas Historical Commission Property, managed ...
- Created on 13 February 2025
- 14. Author presents First Ladies of the United States
- (In The Parks)
- ... and Beating the Bell Curve (nonfiction). Butler also co-authored a science text for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. She has made presentations to hundreds of people at dozens of conferences, including the Global ...
- Created on 14 January 2025
- 15. Annual Texas Master Naturalist training opens registration
- (Around Town)
- ... and local wildlife parks, coastal naturalist programs, cities, schools, and other public entities. Hundreds of opportunities are available to volunteers from studying wildlife to taking part in university ...
- Created on 20 November 2024
- 16. Operation Green Light for Veterans
- (Around Town)
- ... and raise awareness around the resources available at the county, state, and federal levels to assist veterans and their families. Now in its third year, Operation Green Light is expected to draw hundreds ...
- Created on 07 November 2024
- 17. Registration open for Texas Master Naturalist training program
- (Around Town)
- ... Service. “When nature is left to itself, a unique ecosystem develops – after hundreds of years. Today, that unique ecosystem is what Texas Master Naturalists learn about and help sustain: the Rio Grande ...
- Created on 24 October 2024
- 18. Local community will walk to help defeat ALS®
- (Around Town)
- On October 26, people living with ALS, family members, friends, caregivers, and others affected by ALS will gather at Bannworth Park Pavilion for the 2024 Walk to Defeat ALS Rio Grande Valley. ALS, often ...
- Created on 24 October 2024
- 19. Leslie Blasing performs for fundraiser at Mission Bell
- (In The Parks)
- ... treatments and some of them have no spouse to support them. Some travel hundreds of miles in search of special treatment and they need a helping hand. “This money will help with travel expenses or ...
- Created on 18 October 2024
- 20. McAllen Heritage to host open house
- (Around Town)
- ... of the most significant issues facing communities today, yet it is commonly misunderstood and often undetected. Recent statistics suggest there are hundreds of thousands of labor and sex trafficking victims ...
- Created on 20 March 2024
