Santa Maria Journal
I am in no rush for the ineluctable departure from the earthly plane, but I have questions
|
Like the baby calf dropped at the edge of the wilderness, I move in small, tentative lurches toward a place yet known to me
Community
Boys and Girls Clubs of Laredo takes a leap into the arts with contemporary music instruction
|
Registration for summer camps underway
Culture
A road trip in 1980: finding Mrs. Francisco Villa
|
She was where we were told she would be: on the porch of her home on Calle Décima
Culture
One of Audubon’s last expeditions to sketch birds and wildlife was to Starr and Zapata counties; to draw them, he had to kill them
|
He traveled by horseback, armed with a shotgun and accompanied by a pointer
Culture
Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Project: April 13 Day of Action includes riverfront performance; dialogue in the Sister Cities; and a nod to Earth Day
|
Finding the note of our common humanity on a river that never meant to be a border
Culture
How it came to pass that the IBWC did not condemn, inundate, and relocate San Ygnacio for the construction of the Falcon Reservoir
|
Ranchers and veterans saved the historic town
Government and Politics
IMMIGRATION: Community groups call on Congressman Cuellar to halt imminent deportation of Griselda Cruz-López; and Webb Commissioners to enforce legal responsibilities of intergovernmental agreement with ICE
|
Press conference calls attention to deportation plight of El Salvadoran asylum seeker
Border Voices
WRITING ON THE WALL: Zapata County residents speak up about the wall; prospect of losing land evokes greater good takings for 1950s Falcon Dam construction
|
“The government has a green light to destroy this river”
Culture
Poets recite at “Poetry Under the Sundial” at the Treviño Uribe Rancho in SYT
|
River Pierce Foundation hosts event