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Texas Board of Nursing confirmed the HPU nursing program’s 2023 pass rate of 100 percent on the NCLEX-RN at its April 2024 board meeting. Pictured from left to right are HPU’s 2023 nursing graduates: Delilah Munoz, Madison Draper, Sydney Horton, Veaney Cazares and Bree Cason.

Texas Board of Nursing confirmed the HPU nursing program’s 2023 pass rate of 100 percent on the NCLEX-RN at its April 2024 board meeting. Pictured from left to right are HPU’s 2023 nursing graduates: Delilah Munoz, Madison Draper, Sydney Horton, Veaney Cazares and Bree Cason.

HPU nursing program earns 100 percent pass rate on NCLEX-RN

Howard Payne University
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
The Texas Board of Nursing confirmed the Howard Payne University nursing program’s 2023 pass rate of 100 percent on the NCLEX-RN at its April 2024 board meeting. The test is a nationwide licensing exam for nurses and provides a measurement of nursing competence.
Celebrate your Dad this Father's Day

Celebrate your Dad this Father's Day

Memorable ways to celebrate Dad this Father's Day

News Staff
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Dads do a lot for their families, and Father's Day is the perfect time to acknowledge those efforts. The days when dads would receive a colorful necktie for Father's Day are largely (and, for fathers, thankfully) a relic of the past.
A Monarch caterpillar on an Asclepias tuberosa plant. Photo courtesy of MelindaMyers.com

A Monarch caterpillar on an Asclepias tuberosa plant. Photo courtesy of MelindaMyers.com

Celebrate Pollinator Month by Inviting a Variety of Pollinators to Your Garden

Garden Columnist Melinda Myers
Thursday, June 13, 2024
June is National Pollinator Month and it’s a great time to celebrate all the pollinators that play an important role in producing food, fiber, medicine, and more that we rely on. When you think of pollinators, bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are likely the first that come to mind.
Protect the Sea Turtles - Courtesy of the USPS

Protect the Sea Turtles - Courtesy of the USPS

Sea Turtles Ride A Wave Onto New Stamps

News Staff
Thursday, June 13, 2024
On June 11, the U.S. Postal Service helped raise awareness of the plight of sea turtles with new Protect Sea Turtles Forever stamps. A dedication ceremony for the stamps was held at the Texas State Aquarium. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #ProtectSeaTurtlesStamps.
A pitmaster prepares barbecue at Troubadour Festival at Aggie Park on May 18, 2024. Katie Perkins/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications

A pitmaster prepares barbecue at Troubadour Festival at Aggie Park on May 18, 2024. Katie Perkins/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications

Can You Smell How Meat Tastes?

Agrilife Today
Thursday, June 13, 2024
The aroma of grilled meat wafting across the backyard can make your mouth water as you seem to almost taste the steak from the grill.But did you know there is an actual science behind why that happens?Dr.
Thank You, God, for my Dad!

Thank You, God, for my Dad!

This Sunday will be Father's Day

Brother J
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Biological dads are getting scarce today as marriage seems to be on the way out, just as living together is becoming the norm.I especially remember one man that had a great influence on my brother and I. He worked, had callused hands, leathery skin from long hours in the sun.

La Palabra de Dios Dice

Rosa Arredondo
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Efesios 5:20-33 DHH Den siempre gracias a Dios el Padre por todas las cosas, en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Estén sujetos los unos a los otros, por reverencia a Cristo. Las esposas deben estar sujetas a sus esposos como al Señor.

Simple Truths

News Staff
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Pastor Welton Watson, Central Baptist Church “If the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3. The foundation that it is speaking about is: The Bible, prayer, and righteous living.Within a month, we will be celebrating “Independence Day.
Brian Jones of Edcouch grows irrigated cotton, corn, grain sorghum and soybeans in Hidalgo County. Courtesy of Texas Farm Bureau

Brian Jones of Edcouch grows irrigated cotton, corn, grain sorghum and soybeans in Hidalgo County. Courtesy of Texas Farm Bureau

Mexico’s disregard for U.S. water treaty has Texas farmers on the brink

Brian Jones, Hidalgo County Farmer
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
I’ve been farming 38 years in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This year represents an unfortunate first for me. I planted crops without irrigation water.Why? Because Mexico is not delivering water it owes the U.S., according to a long-standing agreement.I only planted half my farm this year.
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