EDINBURG, March 17 - David Arias in his book “Spanish Roots of America” very well explained our long yearning to know why a Spanish soldier with only 20 others from different parts of Spain would embark into an unspeakable desert and saw the Grand Canyon of Colorado, at least two centuries before any other European individual ventured to do so.

SAN ANTONIO, March 3 - Next month (April) is one of the most important months in early Texas history.

EDINBURG, February 24 - On March 6, Texans will celebrate the Battle of the Alamo of 1836 as the beginning of the quest for Texas Independence and liberty.

McALLEN, February 17 - The “gang of eight” U.S. Senators, four Democrats and four Republicans, have released a set of principles that they see as the basis for comprehensive immigration reform legislation. 

REYNOSA, February 14 - Reynosa is a city of contrasts. Political and business leaders point to more projects, more jobs and increased opportunities for all.

BROWNSVILLE, February 12 - I remember him at odd times, a small quiet man whose scars on his thumbs spoke far more about his suffering than his own words could.

SAN ANTONIO, February 10 - In a recent article appearing in the Rio Grande Guardian, Dr. Lino Garcia, Jr., of UT-Pan American, writes on the merits of South Texas bilingualism. 

EDINBURG, January 27 - It is interesting how some events from our childhood get so deeply ingrained in our minds we remember them our entire lives even though we remember nothing else from that period--like my great joy in finding a misplaced key to a wind-up car I had when I was about three.

EDINBURG, January 27 - There were certain other explorers who arrived in what is now Texas following Alvar Cabeza de Vaca and his Spanish soldiers’ landing on Texas soil in 1528.

BROWNSVILLE, January 21 - The man was one among the many who had come to baptize children one Saturday morning at the church I was pastoring a couple of years ago. 

EDINBURG, January 21 - When Miriam Martinez lost her bid to become state representative for District 41 in McAllen last year she told reporters that her next race would be for something bigger.

AUSTIN, January 19 - A legislator from another part of the border region is encouraging his colleagues to attend next week’s Rio Grande Valley tour.

AUSTIN, January 17: Texas House Speaker Joe Straus and Texas Secretary of State John Steen on Wednesday confirmed they will be participating in this year’s Legislators Tour of the Valley.

BROWNSVILLE, January 6 - In the 23rd Psalm, David, affirms his faith in God as he proclaims, “He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil for you are with me; your rod and staff, they comfort me.”