Victoria College’s Vocational Nursing Program has extended the deadline for accepting applications from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1. “We want to give prospective students in our program every opportunity to complete the application process in light of the current COVID-19 situation,” said VN Program Chair Joyce Harper. “This will allow additional time for the checklist […]

Victoria College will offer a Plumbing Level 1 course on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 22-Dec. 17 from 6 to 10 p.m. at VC’s Liberty Street Industrial Training Center. The cost for the course is $600 and includes all materials. Scholarships and financial aid are available. The course will provide an introduction to the plumbing profession, […]

Victoria College recently announced 19 Spring 2020 graduates from its Vocational Nursing Program at VC’s Main Campus. Graduates from our area are: Jayda Barton and Hannah Gohlke of Port Lavaca; and Claudia Cruz-Cervantes, Dustin Nguyen and Nathan Nguyen of Seadrift. “We are extremely proud of these students who overcame unprecedented challenges during the outbreak of […]

Here we are looking at Fall already! Summer is flying by! Hope everyone is having great summer fun on our South Texas Coast, as well as other places you have traveled. We are still experiencing strange and unsettling times with the Covid-19 spread, and the backlash it has created with imported products that are no […]

This summer, the most effective predators in the world are coming to your neighborhood. In fact, they likely have already arrived. Of course, I’m talking about the two-to-five inch long dragonflies that emerge every summer to feast on the abundant insect life. Acrobatic, colorful and speedy, dragonflies are a common sight in the summer. Dragonflies […]