Archive for January 2023
Power Punch At Lunch: Diversify Your Workforce!
EDINBURG, TX – As businesses continue to grapple with a national workforce shortage, one source for talent employers should consider is people with disabilities. Businesses can give themselves a competitive edge and demonstrate their commitment to diversity and inclusion. The Disability Chamber will discuss the benefits of hiring an employee with disabilities and accommodation practices for…
Read MoreExtended Submissions for Boulevard of Heroes Banners
EDINBURG, TX – The City of Edinburg has extended the date for submissions for the Boulevard of Heroes Banners Program. The new deadline for submissions is January 15, 2023! The Boulevard of Heroes Banners Program is the City of Edinburg’s continued effort to honor and recognize Edinburg’s brave men and women who have served our country…
Read MoreECISD Pushes For Funding Equity, Reducing Burden For Taxpayers
Photo Above: Dr. Mario H. Salinas, Edinburg CISD Superintendent of Schools “This is not mean to disparage South Texas ISD,” Edinburg CISD Superintendent Mario Salinas stated as the urged the ECISD Board of Trustees to support a move to change the taxing structure for South Texas ISD and reduce the tax burden for local taxpayers.…
Read MoreMOST History Seminar Features Writers Compiling Personal Stories To Share Borderland Identity
Photo above: Margarita Longoria, speaker at MOST History Sunday Speaker Series. EDINBURG, Texas — The Sunday Speaker Series presentation “Living Beyond Borders: Growing up Mexican in America Book Plática” will feature panelists Margarita Longoria, Trinidad Gonzales and Sylvia Sánchez Garza at 2 p.m. Jan. 15 in the museum’s Courtyard Gallery. In this mixed-media collection of…
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18 Wheeler Accident Ties Up Traffic on I-69 On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 just after 10:00 pm, Edinburg police units responded to the 8400 block of north I-69C northbound lanes in reference to a one vehicle accident. Upon arrival officers observed a Kenworth Tractor pulling an enclosed trailer that was on its side. Through the…
Read MoreEdinburg Christmas Tree Recycling Runs Through Jan. 27
EDINBURG, TX – Be sure to turn your real Christmas tree into mulch now through January 27, 2023! You can give your tree a new life after the holidays by stopping by one of three locations in the city of Edinburg: Resource Recovery Center (3102 S. Business 281): – Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 6:30PM –…
Read MoreWoman Follows Man Home And Vandalizes Camaro
Pictured above: Cheyenne Lavon Flores was arrested on two counts of stalking and one count of criminal mischief. EDINBURG, Texas, January 9, 2022 Edinburg police arrested a woman who authorities allege followed two men and vandalized and spray-painted a Camaro, causing damages exceeding $10,000. Cheyenne Lavon Flores was arrested on two counts of stalking and…
Read MoreLas Huellas Association creates endowed fund at UTRGV for student scholarships
Above: Pictured (left) are Las Huellas Association board members Ronald Humphrey and Nick Tipton, Vice President and Treasurer Russell Adams, Steve Garza, President Edward Mathers, Secretary Monica Garza, UTRGV President Guy Bailey, and board members Ricardo Adobbati, Rusty Young, Brad Wolfe, Ross Bland and Bryant Kennedy. (Courtesy Photo) By Kelli Quin, RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS…
Read MoreJudge Cortez responds to announcement of President Biden’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border
EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez issued the following statement in response to the announcement that President Biden would be visiting the border region: “I applaud President Biden’s decision to visit the U.S.-Mexican border and see firsthand the challenges that border communities currently are facing. He is always welcome to the Rio Grande Valley…
Read MoreProperty tax revision, judicial branch expansion among new Texas laws that took effect Jan. 1
Photo above: An aerial view of the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 6, 2022. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune — Jan. 2, 2023 Several laws passed in the 2021 Texas legislative sessions laws took effect Jan. 1, including a revision to how property taxes are collected, an expansion of…
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