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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Brownsville man is facing federal charges after Border Patrol agents discovered 18 people inside a tractor trailer he was driving. According to a federal complaint, Border Patrol agents stationed at the Sarita checkpoint were approached by a tractor trailer at 10:12 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Border Patrol agents discover 18 people inside trailer at Sarita checkpoint

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Camilo Díaz

(MA) Meet Jack Jewel, a teeny tiny Miniature Poodle mix boy who is ready to completely take over every aspect of your life. For unspecified reasons, this 4-and-a-half-month-old puppy was placed in Great Dog Rescue New England's care. He is now living safely with a foster family where he is being spoiled. While he is okay with waiting in foster care for the time being, he hopes you will come bring him to YOUR house soon!

Tiny 4-Pound Miniature Poodle Is Searching For A Home

Mcallen, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... McALLEN — Zen Asian Bistro & Sushi offers people a unique way to eat to their hearts desires and the chance to try new things as the restaurant has an extensive menu full of flavor. The menu is large and has more than...

Explore Asian cuisine with no limits at McAllen’s Zen Asian Bistro & Sushi

A pair of Brownsville ball-carriers ran wild in Week 1 to lead their respective teams to victory and split RGVSports.com Co-Player of the Week honors. Brownsville Rivera’s senior running back, Jose Medellin, rumbled his way to a 256-yard rushing performance with two touchdowns in a 27-14 Raiders’ win over La Joya High last Friday.

Medellin, Slovak split Week 1 Player of the Week honors

Texas State

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Right off the bat, September is living up to its reputation as the soggiest month of the year for the Rio Grande Valley, with thunderstorms cropping up around the region to dump their sometimes sizable loads. The National Weather Service Brownsville-RGV station on Tuesday...

Soggy September: Deep tropical moisture brings Valley relief

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Weslaco, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions and sentences of two former Mid-Valley public officials who were found guilty of defrauding the city of Weslaco out of $42.5 million during the rehabilitation of the city’s water and wastewater infrastructure. In October 2022,...

Convictions, sentences of officials in Weslaco bribery case upheld

Harlingen, TX

HARLINGEN — The fall season is upon us. And the cold and flu season. And … it’s time for a new COVID vaccination. These days COVID has joined the repertoire of yearly shots to protect people from variants of familiar viruses. Doctors are still trying to find a cure or a vaccine for the common cold, but fortunately health are professionals continue to monitor variants and mutations of COVID-19 to develop new vaccines each year.

New COVID strain has new vaccines this fall, Valley doctor says

Georgia State

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DeanLand

Three earthquakes were recorded in Georgia during August, the strongest a 2.4 magnitude which occured far outside of the area where Georgia earthquakes most often occur. The quakes were recorded and reported by the US Geological Survey, which maintains seismograph stations throughout the US.

Rare SE Georgia Earthquake Recorded in August, State's Farthest South in 10 Years

Colorado State

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Denver, CO

David Heitz

The driver of a bakery goods truck who Denver police crashed into head-first will receive a $350,000 payday from the city. The settlement to Christopher Cordova appears on the consent agenda of Monday’s City Council meeting. Items are the consent calendar are considered routine and generally pass in a block vote. However, council members Shontel Lewis and Sarah Parady regularly call out the settlements to draw attention to them.

Bakery truck driver latest to receive a Denver police payout

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

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WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Montana State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

San Antonio, TX

HARLINGEN — Students in the Building Construction Technology program at Texas State Technical College’s Harlingen campus were recently given a tour of the Joeris General Contractors headquarters in San Antonio. Joeris, a commercial construction company with additional locations in Austin, Dallas and Houston, welcomed the 22 students, along...

TSTC Building Construction Technology students tour Joeris General Contractors headquarters in San Antonio

HARLINGEN — Peace of mind. Elation. Joy. Relief. Ruth Rios probably experienced all of that and more when she landed a job with the city of Harlingen before she graduated on Aug. 21 from Texas State Technical College with her Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Management Technology.

TSTC grad feels like ‘unsung hero’ in new job

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Harlingen school board has called a special meeting for Tuesday afternoon to consult with legal counsel “regarding employment and possible resignation of Superintendent and appointment of Interim Superintendent.”. Former McAllen superintendent J.A. Gonzalez took the helm in Harlingen in September 2023. In...

Harlingen school board to discuss super’s employment in special meeting

Aurora, CO

Aurora, Colo. -- Angry Aurorans on social media poked fun at the local news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Mike Coffman, Aurora mayor, posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It contradicted comments made by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who told the New York Post the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated? Denver media criticized

Washington State

Timothy A Gruver

Small game hunters and trappers must submit the lower jaw of bobcats they kill as part of the mandatory pelt sealing process, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Friday.

Bobcat Jaw Submission Now Required for Pelt Sealing

Edinburg, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Region One Education Service Center received $33.6 million to increase the number of low-income students in the class of 2030 at partner school systems across the Valley to enter and succeed in post-secondary education. The initiative funding comes from the United States Department...

Region One Education Service Center gets $33.6M grant for low-income students

Deer and elk hunters who bought a multi-season permit application this year could pick up an extra deer or elk tag, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports. Starting today, the next 130 hunters on the original draw list will get to choose from one of 2,369 remaining multi-season deer tags and 130 multi-season elk tags, according to the WDFW. The original multi-season draw, the department reports, is being used to prevent people from flooding retail locations.

Extra deer and elk tags available for multi-season hunters

Declutterbuzz

It is a natural thing for me to declutter and get organized four times a year in accordance with the seasons. Maybe it is a New England thing because the seasonal change is a noticeable transitional period.

Fall Decluttering Is The Best Time To Get Organized!

We join a gold panning group to search for treasure. In August 1829, the Georgia Journal, a Milledgeville newspaper, announced that two gold mines had been discovered in Habersham County. The report onfirmed for the broader public a loosely held secret shared by a few new white settlers: the gold region of North and South Carolina extended into Georgia.

Georgia's Gold Fever: Prospectors Still Hunting after 100 Years

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Pioneer’s Veliz, Progreso’s Segura named The Monitor’s co-newcomers

WRITER’S NOTE: This story is part of a series highlighting The Monitor’s boys soccer all-area award winners. The Monitor’s coverage area ranges from Mercedes to Roma....

Pioneer’s Veliz, Progreso’s Segura named The Monitor’s co-newcomers

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