Day Trips: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Old growth forest survives on the Rio Grande
"...Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, south of Pharr, is clothed in a thick tangle of native forest..."
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July 19, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Uncle Staple and Austin’s 13th Annual Independent Media Expo
The weekend of fannish revelry and indie-comics celebration returns
"...and we kept the other one, which was in Pharr, next to McAllen. And then I transferred to UT..."
Sept. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Review: Native Bar & Kitchen
Cool isn't enough for hostel diner
"...that would have been at home at chef Virginia Pharr's previous project, Lady Luck. Both of the burgers are..."
Sept. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
Trailer Parked
The yin and yang of food trucks and bars
"...beef-brinin', seitan-smokin' operation run by Lynzy Moran and Virginia Pharr, both veterans of the food truck biz. They describe..."
Sept. 25, 2015 Food Feature by Adrienne White
All Power to the People
AFS Doc Nights brings out the Black Panthers
"...space, I was the king," says former Panther Wayne Pharr. The emotion recalled from an epic gun battle with..."
Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman
Drought, Heat, Fires ... Repeat
The plague of wildfires reflect conditions beyond a temporary drought
"...In a typical year, Austin Climate Protection Program coordinator Pharr Andrews would expect to see between 30 and 40..."
Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
On the Frontera
Puppies, South Padre, and more from the front
"...tower on Highway 281. Seriously. We even drove around Pharr, Donna, and Edcouch hoping to find a dancehall or..."
Dec. 1, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Day Trips
Smitty's Juke Box Museum has amassed an impressive variety of jukeboxes from as far back as 1926
"...Smitty's Juke Box Museum in Pharr, Texas, lights up the world with neon lights and..."
Nov. 7, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Dumb Criminals No Match for DPS Narcs
How many drug runners does it take to get caught by the DPS?
"...18-wheeler, this time as it as rolling up through Pharr. (Seriously: 12 people and they couldn't come up with..."
Sept. 12, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith
Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything
What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!
"...Leo Gauna, 30, Pharr, Texas, Grupo Fantasma/Brownout: trombone..."
June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...• In other news of hurricane-spawned litigation, Pharr-based Global Limo Inc., the company involved in the most..."
Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature
Fajita History
"...Round-Up Restaurant in the Rio Grande Valley community of Pharr, according to Texas Monthly contributing editor John Morthland in..."
March 4, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
'The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution' and 'Patrolling Chaos: The U.S. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas'
Two new books about Texas explore a little bit of the deeper, darker, and less obvious parts of our history and culture
"...Texas. The barely masked bossism of Jim Wills, Archie Pharr, Lloyd Bentsen Sr., and the other patrones created thriving..."
Jan. 14, 2005 Books Review by Ed Baker
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...the Caswell Tennis Center along Shoal Creek, and the Pharr Tennis Center in Patterson Park), which likewise have space..."
Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Facing the South
The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa
"...by the United Farm Workers (awarded last weekend in Pharr) was a lot more meaningful than her support from..."
Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
"...charters on three established campuses -- Beaumont, Waco, and McAllen/Pharr -- to add 1,000 "online" students each, thereby becoming..."
Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
A beleaguered Waco charter outfit enters the virtual-school derby.
"...its state charter for three schools (Beaumont, Waco, and McAllen/Pharr) to add 1,000 pupils and become effectively a "virtual..."
Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
More Charter School Stats
"...CHARTER EKG-08AE: ACCEPTABLE EAGLE PROJECT (ABILENE)06-12AE: ACCEPTABLE EAGLE PROJECT (PHARR-MCAL05-12AE: ACCEPTABLE EAGLE PROJECT (TEXARKANA)04-11 AE: ACCEPTABLE EAGLE PROJECT (WACO)06-12AE:..."
April 4, 2003 News Feature
Festival Information
"...Special Thanks Special thanks to Robbin Kohn, Jerry Pharr, Werner Campbell, Heather Stillman, Eric Jordan, John Barkley, and..."
