Food & Drink
July 10, 2019
Ode to the Raspa: My South Texas Childhood, Served in a Cup
The brightly colored syrups and the crazy flavors of these icy treats embody all that’s wonderful about the long summer days of youth.
Harlingen
Food & Drink
October 16, 2018
Thousands of Miles From Home, a Native South Texan Sets Out to Recreate a Beloved Family Recipe
Cooking fideo requires Q&Q vermicelli, spices, and a strong memory of childhood summertime afternoons in South Texas.
Critters
August 9, 2017
Beware the Grackle
The fierce black birds have been terrorizing the UT campus. But that’s nothing new.
Film & TV
July 18, 2016
A Man Was Arrested For Threatening To “Purge” Pokemon Go Players Online
Police made the arrest because of ”the credibility of the threat.”
Critters
December 5, 2014
Furry Friday: Humane Society Shows Video of Dog Euthanasia Procedure to Harlingen City Commission to Encourage Spay/Neuter Laws
That is a pretty stark way to get the point across.
Lead
October 13, 2014
Get Bucky
How the merger of two South Texas universities has stirred some complicated feelings about a fuzzy bronco.
Food & Drink
December 23, 2013
One of the World’s Leading Water Experts Lives in Harlingen
Michael Mascha doesn’t care so much whether the glass of water is half full or half empty; he wants to know its mineral content, hardness, pH level, vintage and virginality.
BBQ Joint Reviews
December 23, 2013
Rio Grande Grill
For a small joint, there are plenty of cooks in this kitchen. Daniel Wright is the pitmaster, his wife Stefania Trimboli-Wright is the chef, her sous chef is Roque Luis Peña, and they even have a pastry chef – Drew Mann. They all have their specialty, but as a group they’ve
Critters
October 25, 2013
Arkansas Community Hires Pet Detective to Bring Scottish Terrier Home Safe to Texas
A Harlingen couple driving through Eastern Arkansas with their two Scottish terriers crashed their car in late September, leaving one dog dead and the other missing. But with the help of an honest-to-goodness pet detective and the Blytheville, Arkansas community, Doogie the Scottish terrier returned to Texas this week.
Business
January 21, 2013
Rio Grande Valley Tops List of “America’s Poorest Cities”
McAllen and Brownsville occupy the no. 1 and 2 slots on a new list based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey.
Business
January 21, 2013
Harlingen Named Least Expensive City in America
Wichita Falls, McAllen, and San Marcos also made the top ten of a report from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
Object Lesson
January 20, 2013
Becca Cason Thrash’s Desk
Becca Cason Thrash’s desk.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
“We Are Going to Die In Here”
What the seventy-plus illegal immigrants smuggled into Texas in the container of an eighteen-wheeler saw, felt, and, in the luckiest cases, survived.
Health
February 28, 2012
How Many Medical Schools Should the Valley Get?
Senator Eddie Lucio Jr., said that building two medical schools in the Valley is "totally unrealistic" and the focus should be kept on the plan to build a University of Texas system medical school in Harlingen.
Feature
May 31, 2011
Falling Comet
In 1955 Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” transformed the sound of popular music and made him an international star. Twenty-five years later he was forgotten, desperate, and dying in Harlingen. How did one of the fathers of rock and roll land so far outside the spotlight?
The Culture
February 1, 2008
The Class of 2017
The future according to third-graders.
Art
January 1, 1998
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Overbeek
FOR WILL VAN OVERBEEK, traveling from his home in Austin to Harlingen to shoot the Marine Military Academy (see “A Few Bad Boys,”) wasn’t anything new: Ten years ago he did the same thing (for a proposed photo essay that never got published). In fact, photographing cadets has been