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Holiday Inn Express seeks EDC loan to pay workers




The Holiday Inn Express set to open this spring or summer is seeking economic incentives to operate the first year. MG Group, the investing company with the venture, is requesting funding for jobs credit with the Economic Development Corp. of Raymondville. David Mejorado, the hotel general manager, went before the EDC during Monday’s meeting, saying they are getting closer to […]

Sonora Street home consumed by fire




It if wasn’t for bad luck, she would have no luck at all. Such was the case for Raymondville resident Luz Hernandez who early Friday morning saw the old family house consumed by a fire and the smaller one where she lived damaged by the blaze. Hernandez’s aunt, Guadalupe, said she told her niece on Thursday to stay with her […]

Credit Union to serve Lyford, and rural areas of county




Lyford residents no longer have to go out of town for their banking needs as a financial center has opened its doors to take care of that. Rio Grande Valley Credit Union, a Harlingen-based business, started serving the area last month and held a ceremony Thursday to unveil its facility at FM 498 and the Expressway 77. More than three […]

SLICES OF LIFE

Daylight saving - nighttime snoozing

Spring forward; fall back. Twice each year we reset the clocks. In the fall, I relish the extra hour of sleep I think I get because 6:00 a.m. is re- ally 7:00 a.m. ‘ or it feels that way for a couple days at least. But you know what they say. There’s no such thing as a free lunch or […]

SEEDS FROM THE SOWER



A patient once cried, “I have no faith in doctors!” ” That’s all right, ma’am,” said the physician, “my dog has no faith in the vet, but I take him and he gets cured.” Faith is a vital force for our salvation. The Bible states, ” Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” That takes faith […]

50th Wedding Anniversary



Tony and Frances Castillo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 6, 2016 with a mass officiated by Father Eusebio Martinez at Our Lady of Guadalupe. He also blessed the couple during the mass. The couple were married in Raymondville on February 6, 1966 and they would like to thank everyone for attending their anniversary mass and dinner. From their […]

Behind the Badge

Are we not hearing or do we just not listen?

Several years ago I had a friend who moved from one location in town to another, but the location he moved to was near a railroad track. After a month or so I met him in the grocery store and asked him how he managed to sleep with the train so near and going by so often? He told me […]

Sheriff warns against illegal dumping



Every so often it seems either people forget or just get lazy and start throwing their trash out the window. Now this is bad enough if you’ve just finished a bag of food from a local eating establishment, but even more so if you are dumping your weekly trash bag on some County road or on someone’s property. We’ve talked […]

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