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Monday, October 08, 2012  Steve Sauceda landed his first job as a dental assistant at Dr. Leonard Ledet's Weslaco-based mobile dentistry, shortly after he first opened it last year.

Monday, August 27, 2012  Occasionally forgetting someone’s name or where you put your keys, is pretty normal according to Valley Baptist Medical Center Director of Neuro Critical Care Dr. Ameer Hassan.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Sue Ann Alvarez recently admitted her 66-year-old father Rafael Alvarez, to Retama Manor Nursing Home in Harlingen, since she said her father suffers from several health issues, such as kidney and liver failure, and would not be safe at home.

Saturday, December 24, 2011  Glenda Lopez has lived at La Hacienda Nursing Home in Harlingen for the past seven years and doesn’t have immediate family, so it's mostly cousins and other relatives that visit her. She said it's tough not being able to spend the holidays with her family.

Thursday, March 31, 2011  Costs are increasing at nursing homes across the state and at Harlingen's Retama Manor, the price of raw foods, even linens has gone up significantly since December, which has been a burden on administrators like Jeff Tait who had to make do after 3% cuts to Medicaid.

Friday, February 04, 2011  The below freezing temperatures we have experienced in the last couple of days are still causing havoc in much of our area from temporary outages to creating chaos on icy roads.

Sunday, January 30, 2011  At least 52 elderly people are looking for a place to stay following a Sunday night fire at a Raymondville nursing home.

Thursday, October 01, 2009  A free benefits fair for Rio Grande Valley veterans will be held this weekend in Harlingen.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009  It is an issue that many health officials, schools, nursing homes, and even parents face today…how to protect our child from the H1N1 virus.

Monday, June 15, 2009  The daughter of a woman left paralyzed following an injury during a Continental Airlines flight needs your help.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009  A Cuban national being held on immigration violations died at a Rio Grande Valley hospital this week.

Monday, March 23, 2009  A Brownsville family issued a Call 4 Action after their mother was allegedly being mistreated at the Solara Rehabilitation Center.

Monday, March 02, 2009  A bill filed in the Texas legislature would ban 15-passenger vans from being used by adult day cares and nursing homes.

Monday, January 05, 2009  More than one in five nursing homes in the Rio Grande Valley received the lowest possible ratings from the federal government.