- 21. Valley park featured as ornament
- (Uncategorised)
- ... and see the river separating Texas from Mexico. To protect the natural environment, the park does not allow cars in the park but has a parking area at the headquarters. You can travel through the park ...
- Created on 16 December 2025
- 22. Are you ready for Christmas
- (Column: On The Road)
- Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat. Please do put a penny in an old man's hat. If not a penny, a half penny will do. If not a half penny, God bless you. By the time you read this it ...
- Created on 10 December 2025
- 23. Annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count dates set
- (Around Town)
- ... area of Alaska, south through Canada, the U.S., Mexico, South America and down to Drake Passage in the South Atlantic Ocean. The annual count is a citizen science survey where volunteer bird watchers ...
- Created on 10 December 2025
- 24. Christmas tidings are coming
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... left in the wooden shoes that the children leave out to be filled. Mexico is very well known for their Christmas parades and posadas where persons representing Mary and Joseph followed by all the neighborhood ...
- Created on 03 December 2025
- 25. MOSTH connects the community with the Valley’s past
- (Entertainment)
- ... for almost 40 years, MOSTH has chronicled the heritage of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico, preserving its rich history. The museum has been an integral part of the community since 1967. Today, you ...
- Created on 26 November 2025
- 26. Let’s learn some Spanish rules
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... and those words don't go by the rules. One of the words that I hear mispronounced over and over is the name of one of the states in Mexico. The capital of the state has the same name. Have you guessed the ...
- Created on 17 November 2025
- 27. UTRGV Arts has full November schedule
- (Entertainment)
- ... throughout Mexico, Canada and the US. Join them for a lively and colorful performance to include all of UTRGV’s mariachi groups. Join UTRGV Arts at the TSC Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, November ...
- Created on 11 November 2025
- 28. VSO celebrates Maestro Peter Dabrowski’s 25th season
- (Entertainment)
- ... Rio Grande Valley and beyond, including McAllen, Edinburg, Harlingen, Brownsville, South Padre Island, and Reynosa, Mexico. Among his proudest achievements is the creation of the VSO Educational Concerts, ...
- Created on 03 November 2025
- 29. Valley Birding Festival starts next week
- (Entertainment)
- ... south, and Mexican vagrants popping up from across the border with Mexico. Every year there are spectacular rarities found during the festival. Some rarities spotted in recent years included the American ...
- Created on 27 October 2025
- 30. Tourists enjoy the refreshments and entertainment in Progreso
- (Entertainment)
- ... is a strong contingent from Mexico including from Rio Bravo, Mexico who cross the border weekdays to attend school. A king and a queen were selected to reign over the festivities and were among the delegation ...
- Created on 27 March 2025
- 31. Learn about farming in the RGV
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... industry and how it developed in the Rio Grande Valley. Most interesting of all will be the visit with a present-day farmer whose father was an immigrant from Mexico. His dedication to farming was instilled ...
- Created on 20 March 2025
- 32. Learn about farming in the RGV
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... industry and how it developed in the Rio Grande Valley. Most interesting of all will be the visit with a present-day farmer whose father was an immigrant from Mexico. His dedication to farming was instilled ...
- Created on 19 March 2025
- 33. Get more for your dollar in the Valley
- (News)
- ... go just toward living expenses. They want to live it up – from dances and shows to trips to South Padre Island and Nuevo Progreso, Mexico and, of course all the free events that take place on a daily occurrence ...
- Created on 12 March 2025
- 34. Winter Texans feel safe in the Rio Grande Valley
- (News)
- ... Texans and other residents also feel safe on the other side as well. Many Winter Texans often do go to Mexico, feeling quite safe when in Nuevo Progreso. This small border town is frequently visited by ...
- Created on 12 March 2025
- 35. What it means to be a Winter Texan
- (News)
- ... cards, games or just gathering. Happy hours were going on daily somewhere in the park. Trips to Mexico were all day events. Golf was 50-60 people. Bus trips to events were commonplace, but living in a ...
- Created on 12 March 2025
- 36. Take in the sights of the Valley
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... customary in most cemeteries. Most of the graves belong to those who had their roots in Mexico. Could it be that on the day of judgement they hope to rise up and go back to their homeland? The Oblate Fathers ...
- Created on 12 March 2025
- 37. March 5, 2025 - Events Calendar
- (Events Calendar)
- ... for a presentation centering on how geology influenced the manufacturing of lithic tools in south Texas and northern Mexico. The program is included with general admission. For more information, contact ...
- Created on 06 March 2025
- 38. Alamo RV parks celebrate Texas Independence Day
- (In The Parks)
- ... for many years, but not able to come this year. And the parade honors the memory of those Texans who declared independence from Mexico in 1836 and also commemorates the 13-day siege inspiring the message ...
- Created on 05 March 2025
- 39. We are so happy to have you
- (Column: On The Road)
- ... who was orphaned and placed as an indentured servant in a jewelry store – a job he hated. He became a stow away on a ship, eventually a ship captain who moved cotton through Mexico to offshore ships ...
- Created on 05 March 2025
- 40. Sift through South Texas ancient history at Quinta Mazatlán
- (Around Town)
- Quinta Mazatlán is excited to welcome, Nick Morales, resident geologist of South Texas and Northern Mexico specializing in mineralogy, local geology and lithic (stone) artifacts, Thursday March 6, 6 to ...
- Created on 27 February 2025
