| N E W S | Chemicalplant contamination leaves legacy of illness. Afflicted residentsstruggle with hundred-dollar payout checks while lawyers take inmillions. The Hayes-Sammons chemical plant indowntown Mission at one time shot pesticide byproducts out of ahundred-foot high exhaust fan that towers over one of the city’s oldestneighborhoods. Read More... |
| | P O L I T I C S | Customs and Border Protection Trampled Agents’ Rights - BROWNSVILLE– An administrative judge has ruled that supervisors with the U.S.Department of Homeland Security discriminated against their Hispanicagents who use dogs to search vehicles for contraband at the GatewayInternational Bridge in Brownsville. Read More... |
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| E N V I R O N M E N T | Cigarettes Go Green! A new alternative to tobacco may replace dangerous smoke with vapor. The FDA still isn't on board but advocates and e-smokers are behind the product 100%. Click here to learn more about GreenSmoke's Electronic Cigarette. |
| | S O C I A L / E V E N T S | Weddings don't have to cost a fortune if you play it smart! Everyone knows that a wedding can be one of life greatest financial expenses. Getting the perfect wedding on a budget isn't easy - but with the right planning you can save on everything fromwedding invitations to the cake.Read More... |
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| Body Piercings??? Is it just a trend or is body piercing here to stay? We see all kinds of celebrities and public figures with piercing like belly rings and other piercings in places a little bit more private on the body! 50% of American feel that body jewelry is a beautiful form of self expression. |
| | H I S T O R Y | Old-timers and newcomers preserve history in Brownsville, spending years and big bucks to resurrect architectural gems... the Clarks relocated to the southernmost part ofTexas to preserve a historic building and open a modern artgallery.Read More... |
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| C U L T U R E | Monster is the right word to describe the newest trend in autosanitation — a full-service carwash that quadruples as a true bar,grill and coffee shop. It’s such an unusual concept, it’s hard totake in... Read More... |
| | F O O D | Fajitas were born in the Rio Grande Valley; granddaddy cook off still going strongSomesay the fajita itself was sold for the very first time in a Rio GrandeValley restaurant — at the now-defunct Roundup on Old Highway 83 inPharr. Families poured into the Roundup in droves those days decadesago... Read More... |
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