The famous saying “Hope springs eternal” usually means a person who wishes for something to happen, although it seems unlikely.

But that is not the case for the 16th Annual “Fishing for Hope” Tournament, organized by DHR Health and which will take place at South Padre Island. The charitable event is anticipated to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit the Hope Family Health Center of McAllen.

Key state legislative priorities that will directly affect the Rio Grande Valley when the Texas Legislature begins its 140-day regular session in early January 2023 will be previewed on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, during a free public meeting – which will also be broadcast live throughout Texas and beyond – that will take place at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance.

A special Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, “DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos,” will be on display at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Saturday, October 1, 2022.

Broadband — an Internet connection with sufficient speed to deliver online experiences including full-motion video without significant lag time — is increasingly seen as a requirement for modern life. Yet census data indicate that nearly 20 percent of Texas households don’t have it — and until they do, they’ll continue to be shut out of the modern economy.

Gov. Greg Abbott – himself wheelchair-bound as a result of an accident when he was a young man – recently announced the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities winners of the 2022 Barbara Jordan Media Awards for media content created in 2021, reports attorney Omar Ochoa.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is teaming up with the RGV Partnership Foundation to conduct free digital literacy trainings for regional businesses, starting in mid-August 2022.