Special to the NEWS Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock reminds business owners that April 15 is the deadline to file property tax renditions with their county appraisal districts. Different deadlines apply for certain regulated property. A rendition is a report that lists a business’s good faith estimate of value for its taxable inventory, furniture and …

Special to the NEWS The South Texas Independent School District (STISD) Board of Trustees, at its April 7 meeting, named Dr. Sandra Garza Ochoa of Edcouch-Elsa ISD as a finalist for superintendent. By law, the Board must now wait 21 days before voting to hire Ochoa as the new superintendent for South Texas ISD, which …

NEWS Staff Report LOS FRESNOS, TX—The Office of Cameron County District Clerk Laura Perez-Reyes, in partnership with the City of Los Fresnos, is hosting a Passport Fair on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Hall, 520 E. Ocean Blvd., Los Fresnos, TX. The fair is open to the public. …

Special to the NEWS Celina Gonzales has entered the race as a candidate for the San Benito CISD School Board of Trustees, Place 6. Gonzales, a mother, former educator, and experienced public servant with more than 20 years of service to the people of Cameron County, has a background in both education and local government. …

By ENSIGN HAN FIORI-PUYUNavy Office of Community Outreach BILOXI, MISS.—Los Fresnos native, Senior Chief Petty Officer Juan Arredondo, serves in the U.S. Navy and is assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) at Keesler Air Force Base. Arredondo, stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, graduated from Los Fresnos High School in 2003. Arredondo …

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