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There Are So Many Car Washes In Harlingen, The City Is Actively Trying To Stop Them

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The City of Harlingen is drowning in car washes, or perhaps in the soapy car wash water runoff, who knows!? One things for certain, they’ve just about had it with the wave (pun very much intended) of car washes .
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RIP UTRGV Stadium: UTRGV Announces New Stupid Name For Stadium

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Today, UTRGV formally announced that their newly acquired stadium would be renamed the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium and, by God, they couldn’t even give “UTRGV Stadium” or even “Vaqueros Stadium” a fucking month before they let companies jizz their name all over it.

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KRGV Reporter Livid After RGV Law Enforcement Stiffs Local News For National News On SB 4

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Yesterday, SB 4, the controversial Texas law that would make illegal entry into the United States a state crime, and allow local police to arrest those under the suspicion of being in the United States illegally, and allow state judges to effectively deport persons convicted, briefly went into effect before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked it, again, late last night.

Given SB 4’s impact on the community, KRGV’s Rudy Mireles took to Facebook to express his frustration with local Rio Grande Valley law enforcement for not providing any comments regarding SB 4 to KRGV or any other local news outlet but, instead, provided comments to “national news” outlets.

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Valley Congressman Vicente Hernandez Compares Hispanic Trump Supporters as “Jews for Hitler”

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US Congressman Vicente Gonzalez, a Valley Democrat, compared Hispanic Trump supporters to “Jews for Hitler,” during an interview in a recent article for The New Republic.

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It May Be Time For UTRGV Basketball To Move On From Matt Figger

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“To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come.”

Every offseason, even the most pessimistic of fans can dream about what next season may look like. For UTRGV basketball fans, the merciful death of this nightmare of a season can’t come soon enough.

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Every RGV Polling Place For Today’s Primary Election – Voting FAQs

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First time voting? Don’t know what the hell everyone’s voting for today? No problem. Your friends at The Bench Wire got you covered.

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Assessing UTRGV Football’s Quarterback Room – Who Should Start?

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We’re still a over a year and a half before UTRGV football plays their first meaningful snap of football, but now that the roster is beginning to fill out, let’s take a closer look at the Vaqueros QB signees.

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It’s Official: President Biden Will NOT Attend Charro Days

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For many of us who thought deeply on how exactly Biden would chow down on an espiropapa have had our hopes crushed by the revelation that Biden will, in fact, NOT be attending Charro Days because everyone has better things to do than to hang out in Brownsville all day.

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The Edinburg Harvest Christian Eagles Are State Champions Again

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The Harvest Christian Eagles girls basketball team have just won the TAPPS 1A state championship over Texoma Christian School-Sherman, 78-27, wrapping up a dominant 42-1 record this season. This is their 2nd state championship in a row and they are absolutely the best team in the Valley that you’ve never heard of.

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D1-FBS RGV College Football Players – 2023 Season Recap

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For those of you wondering, yes, the Valley has several players on FBS rosters. Unfortunately, none of our local sports news outlets covered their seasons at all.

Fortunately, your lonely friends at The Bench Wire scoured through all 134 FBS school rosters to bring you this year’s RGV college football player 2023 season recap.

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