Harlingen mom recounts lion attack at Big Bend
Mary Jane Coder protected her three daughters when a 100 pound mountain lion stalked along Pine Canyon trail. She used a switch blade to fend off the animal, sacrificed herself to shield the children, and was bitten as officials closed two trails while continuing warnings.
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Elizabeth Laura Taylor
Harlingen
Mary Jane Coder
Big Bend National Park
Pine Canyon
Meagan Coder
Coder
Dallas
Mary Jane
Jessica
Meagan
Cardenas Wins PAN Nomination in Victoria Mexico
In Victoria Tamaulipas Gustavo Cardenas Gutierrez won the National Action Party nomination with 51 percent of delegates at a 1752 turnout, defeating Ramon Sampayo Ortiz who received about 43 percent. The result advances Cardenas to face PRI candidate Tomas Warrington Ruvalcaba in the October general election.
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Julio A. Rubio
Herald CD
Victoria
México
National Action Party
Tomas Warrington Ruvalcaba
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Cardenas
Tomas Esta Temblando
Tomas Esta
Ramon Antonio Sampayo Ortiz
Daniel Alonzo Hinojosa
Angel Sierra Ramirez
Tamaulipas
Ciudad Victoria
Matamoros
Jorge Cardenas
Sampayo
Republican seeks Valley support in 104 city tour
Brownsville campaign stop features David Dewhurst, 52, first time candidate for Land Commissioner, speaking to about 15 young Republicans at Cobbleheads Restaurant. He outlines aims to shrink government, boost public education funding, improve veteran loans, protect private property rights and expand coastal resources while overhauling the land office. Dewhurst, founder of Falcon Seaboard Holdings, notes state land and mineral leases fund the endowed education trust. He faces Democrat Richard Raymond in November for four-term incumbent Garry Mauro’s seat.
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Margarita Gonzalez
Brownsville
David Dewhurst
Dewhurst
Cobbleheads
Dew
Garry Mauro
Richard Raymond
Benavides
Deaths Aurora Guitarro and Juanita Sanchez Obituaries
Brief obituary note lists Aurora C Guitarro Juanita G Sanchez and Juvencio G Guitron among the deceased with a directive to see Page 7 for complete obituaries.
Independent grocers face H E B and Albertson's challenge
Longtime Valley grocer Pedro Diaz recalls Valley Mart history from 1926 to 1958 and its 13 stores, while H E B and Albertson's press new expansion in Weslaco Edinburg and nearby. Kroger exited the Valley in 1988, leaving room for the two national chains to vie for market share amid rising competition and local tax impact.
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Lucy Hood
Monitor
Weslaco
Pedro Diaz
Valley Mart
Diaz
Rio Grande City
Brownsville
Maxwell House
H.E.B
Albertson’s
Valley
M. Rivas
Carl's
Kroger Co
Kroger
Gary Huddleston
Edinburg
Texas Boulevard
Frank Castellanos
Westgate
Business 83
Mid-Valley
Hl.e.b
Rick Johnson
Texas Food Industry Association
Wal-Mart
Castellanos
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Mexico
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The
Brownsville Herald
Mario Fernandez
Hurst
Land Office
Falcon Seaboard Holdings
Houston
Air Force
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Rownsville Herald
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E. van Buren St
Texas
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U.S
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Palm View
United States
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South 10Th Street
McAllen
Mission
Roland Arriola
Center For Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
University of Texas-Pan American
First Valley Mart
Maxwell House Coffee
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