HARLINGEN, RGV - When the VA does not pay healthcare providers that look after veterans in a timely manner they tend to leave the network, thus reducing access to care.
That has been happening in the Rio Grande Valley, just...
The “Public”? Who are they? “Service?” What is that? Both outmoded? Or worse, both forgotten?
Perhaps not, if you are one of the few (only eight percent of Americans, now) who have served in the military, or the less than...
For too long, tens of thousands of veterans who reside in South Texas and Rio Grande Valley have had to travel six or more hours round-trip to receive their care from the Audie Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San...
BROWNSVILLE, RGV - As state legislators file legislation in Austin to help Rio Grande Valley veterans secure healthcare services at the new UT-RGV School of Medicine, members of Congress say they want the VA secretary to visit the region.
U.S....
Seventy-five years ago, a courageous battle was fought and won by Allies at the beaches of Normandy.
Its significance cannot be understated; the Allies’ defeat of the German forces at Normandy recast the direction of the war and set...
On March 29, 1973, the last remaining members of the United States armed forces withdrew from Vietnam and returned home. To commemorate this day, in 2009, I passed legislation to designate March 29 as Texas Vietnam Veterans Day. Eight...
Our father's name was Asencion Gonzalez, and everyone knew him as Chencho.
He retired from working for CPL where he was foreman of the line crew. He was a father to me and my four sisters and our baby brother....
MISSION, Texas - The City of Mission, Texas Citrus Fiesta and Go Mission Fund hosted their 2nd Annual Mission Veterans Parade on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022.
The Rio Grande Guardian International News Service interviewed Lisa Rivera, executive director of Texas Citrus Fiesta...
HARLINGEN, RGV - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are angry with the way the Department of Veterans Affairs is being run, claiming a new study demonstrates "systemic failure to care for our veterans."
The two Texas Republicans sent...
EDCOUCH, RGV: Here's to my Band of Brothers.
Band of Brothers
You may have served in Combat or in non-combat.
You may have retired out or you may have served for a short time.
You may have been a draftee, reservist, national guardsman...
