- 21. Whooping Cranes spotted on the Texas coast
- (Around Town)
- ... were the first to arrive this season on Matagorda Island. Although this is a week earlier than last year, we still expect most will arrive in and around Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in December. ...
- Created on 15 November 2022
- 22. Butterfly mural celebrates Monarch conservation
- (Around Town)
- A new mural celebrating the habitat restoration and conservation initiatives implemented by the City of McAllen at Quinta Mazatlán to protect the iconic and at-risk monarch butterfly was unveiled earlier ...
- Created on 17 August 2022
- 23. Trophy Gardens residents make parade a success
- (Around Town)
- ... of independence from Mexico four days earlier. It was April 21, 1836, that a Texan force led by Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna’s army of 1,500 men at San Jacinto, near present day Houston. It was marked ...
- Created on 08 March 2022
- 24. Winter Texan Ambassadors Wanted
- (Around Town)
- ... list of Winter Texan Ambassadors and make arrangements for you to get the papers you need on March 16. If you are leaving before March 16, take some extra copies of our earlier editions, including today’s ...
- Created on 01 March 2022
- 25. A time of reverence, remembering the sacrifice
- (In The Parks)
- ... more of those in attendance, in reverence and honor as veterans took turns carrying a U.S. flag to its retirement. They went, one by one, placed the flag onto the fire created earlier and stoked with each ...
- Created on 09 February 2022
- 26. Swing into the Landmark on Tower
- (News)
- ... a tour of the Landmark earlier, is considering a Winter Texan Day, probably with a late afternoon start time Corn hole competition takes place outside twice a month. A lot of people come to see the ...
- Created on 28 December 2021
- 27. Partnering ministries geared to see joyful faces
- (News)
- ... and shoeboxes that was part of an earlier shipment late this fall. The items are already in a community center in the Reynosa area. About a dozen people associated with the Step in the Waters ministry ...
- Created on 21 December 2021
- 28. DHR involved in COVID-19 study
- (Around Town)
- ... be used to treat hospitalized patients. Additionally, the FDA has also provided guidance for the use of convalescent plasma earlier in hospitalized patients’ course of treatment. This new FDA guidance ...
- Created on 16 March 2021
- 29. Parade marks 185th anniversary of Battle at the Alamo
- (News)
- ... hamlet of Washington on the Brazos to hammer out a declaration of independence from Mexico four days earlier. It was April 21, 1836 that a Texan force led by Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna’s army of ...
- Created on 09 March 2021
- 30. Mid-Valley is a perfect place to try a new golf course
- (Around Town)
- Dean Brown’s favorite golf hole in the Rio Grande Valley is No. 5 at Stuart Place Country Club in Harlingen. Rightly so, because earlier this week the Hannah, North Dakota native registered the second ...
- Created on 02 March 2021
- 31. Transplant tips to establish fruit trees
- (Around Town)
- ... on the north side of the property, so it stays cold during dormancy and stays dormant longer. Plant fruit trees in an area where it will avoid late-day sun which can contribute to earlier bud breaks. ...
- Created on 22 December 2020
- 32. IMAS ‘Guided by Curiosity’ exhibit open
- (Around Town)
- ... imagination. It will be on exhibit now through March 6, 2021. “Guided by Curiosity” is the result of four exhibitions curated by members of the museum’s education staff that debuted online earlier this ...
- Created on 22 December 2020
- 33. What to do if you find a baby bird
- (Around Town)
- ... bringing them different foods than earlier in their lives. Older Golden-fronted Woodpecker nestlings, for example, are fed more fruits as they mature. If you find a nestling out of the nest, proceed the ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 34. Bring in the Birds with These Winning Plant Varieties
- (Around Town)
- ... series, bloom earlier and more prolifically than other similar varieties on the market. You can choose from white, pink, red and lavender flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. And as their ...
- Created on 26 May 2020
- 35. Lush Peonies Add Beauty and Fragrance to Early Summer Gardens
- (Around Town)
- ... double and bomb types. Herbaceous peonies also come in many beautiful colors, including white, cream, coral, pink, rose and dark red. Start the season off with a few of the earlier bloomers such as ...
- Created on 14 May 2020
- 36. Winter Texans receive red carpet treatment in the RGV
- (Around Town)
- ... border. “They're coming a little earlier in December and even coming in November, Poyer said. “We have about 250-300 residents who stay all year and we have so many activities in the offseason that some ...
- Created on 10 March 2020
- 37. Now, that's Texas Tal
- (Column: On The Road)
- Earlier in January, there were several Travel Expos up and down the Valley from McAllen to Port Isabel. Even though the shows were geared toward attracting Winter Texans, there were many permanent residents ...
- Created on 28 January 2020
- 38. King Ranch tours teach history and farming
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... that kept the rows even and straight. No such equipment existed in earlier times. Old timers didn’t much admire anyone who couldn’t plow straight. A favorite saying among farmers about someone who wasn’t ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 39. Rusty Rierson back in the Valley
- (Entertainment)
- ... earlier this year. The song, a mixture of rap and country, was No. 1 on the country charts for three weeks all over Europe. Its theme is a somewhat humorous, but thought-filled look at today’s tattoo craze, ...
- Created on 31 December 2019
- 40. Alamo celebrates Christmas with Candy Land
- (Around Town)
- ... Department Director Arnold Robles retiring earlier this month, the task of organizing the 10th annual illuminated parade, tree lighting ceremony and on-stage entertainment fell to Steve Vela, the recently ...
- Created on 28 December 2019
