Posts by The Edinburg Advocate
$1.4M Federal Grant To Fund Daycare For STC Student Parents
RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS – Eligible student parents attending South Texas College can soon have their child care tuition and fees covered thanks in part to a grant recently presented to the college’s Child Development Center by the U.S. Department of Education. In a ceremony at STC’s Starr County campus, Congressman Henry Cuellar presented a…
Read MoreThe Economic Impact of a National Rail Strike
M. Ray Perryman, Published on October 17, 2022 Rail is a crucial component of the US logistics system, and a strike would lead to significant logistical dislocations, exacerbate ongoing supply chain challenges, put additional upward pressure on prices and, thus, do substantial economic harm. Although a tentative agreement was reached between the major railways and…
Read MoreSheriff’s Office Seeks Missing Person
The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing person. 26-year-old, Edgar Diaz was last seen leaving his residence in a 2010 Grey Kia Soul on October 9, 2022 near the Edinburg Texas area. Diaz is described as a white male, 5’6”, 185 lbs, brown eyes and brown hair.…
Read MoreEdinburg Police Department Awarded $1 Million Grant To Expand Add 8 New Officers
Funding To Advance Community Policing In The City With The Addition Of Eight New Officers The Department of Justice announced that the Edinburg Police Department has been awarded $1 million in grant funding through the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program to expand its workforce and continue serving the…
Read MoreCrisis Management
Dr. M. Ray Perryman, October 12, 2022 For the second consecutive year, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics has been awarded to three Americans. For 2022, the recipients are Ben S. Bernanke (former Federal Reserve Chairman now with The Brookings Institution), Douglas W. Diamond (University of Chicago), and Philip H. Dybvig (Washington University in St.…
Read MoreEdinburg Council Supports Training For Local Residents
Edinburg TX, October 4, 2022 On a unanimous vote, the Edinburg City Council approved $50,000 in funding for the Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) for training for local residents. The Edinburg EDC Board approved this item by a vote of 6-0 on September 28, 2022. The funding will provide higher education training and workforce…
Read MoreGovernor Abbott Announces Edinburg Designated As Music Friendly Community
Photo above: Chip Adams, Texas Music Office, presented Mayor Ramiro Garza, Jr. and the Edinburg City Council with the official designation as A Texas Music Friendly Community. Photo by City of Edinburg. October 4, 2022, Austin, Texas Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the City of Edinburg, having completed the multi-step certification process, has been…
Read MoreMuseum Archives To Close During October
EDINBURG, Texas — The Museum of South Texas History will close the Margaret H. McAllen Memorial Archives during the month of October. The National Archives celebrates American Archives Month throughout the month of October, which encourages archival repositories across the nation to promote the preservation of the country’s documentary heritage. To better preserve and maintain…
Read MoreVoting Machines For November General Election To Be tested For Logic And Accuracy
All media and public are invited to take photos and video footage of the voting machines EDINBURG – The Hidalgo County Elections Department invites all media and public to view, take photos and video footage of the county voting machines as they undergo Logic and Accuracy (L&A) testing in preparation for the upcoming November 8,…
Read MoreAfter Funds Exhausted, Community Service Agency Ends Applications For Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program
EDINBURG – The Hidalgo County Community Service Agency (CSA) has exhausted all funding and is no longer accepting applications for the Low-Income Housing Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the 2022 program year. The agency received just over $6 million from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to assist residents with the high energy costs,…
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