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ECISD Receives ‘Clean’ Audit Report
Certified Public Accountant Luis Orozco was hired during the 2021-2022 school year to do the annual audit. The audit covered the Edinburg CISD’s financial operations for the 2021-2022 school year. “We are rendering an unmodified opinion, which in itself is the cleanest opinion you can get on a set of financial statements.” The 187-page report…
No Injuries Reported In Edinburg School Bus Accident
Edinburg, TX – January 13, 2023 On Thursday, January 12, 2023 around 2:00 pm, an Edinburg CISD school bus was involved in an accident with a passenger car. There were no injuries as a result of the accident Edinburg police units were dispatched to the intersection of Canton Road and 24th street. Upon arrival, officers observed…
ECISD 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.…
MOST 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…
Las 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…
Judge 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…
Property 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…
ECISD Board Appoints New Principals At De Escandon And Longoria Schools
Photo above: Rebecca Echazarreta, newly hired principal at De Escandon Elementary Edinburg TX, December 15, 2022 The Edinburg CISD School Board of Trustees this week approved appointing new principals for De Escandon Elementary and Longoria Middle School, along with other staff during their first meeting for the month. During an almost four-hour meeting, the board…
UTRGV School Of Medicine, Valley Grande Institute Expand Path For Allied Health Students
Photo above — The UTRGV School of Medicine signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday, Dec. 12, with Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies, at the VGI Campus in Weslaco, to strengthen the pipeline between the two institutions in training allied health professionals. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike) By Karen Villarreal, Edinburg, TEXAS – DEC.…
Staying on the Track
Dr. M. Ray Perryman — December 07, 2022 We just avoided a major train wreck! Rail is a crucial component of the US logistics system, and a prolonged strike would lead to chaos. It would exacerbate ongoing supply chain challenges, put additional upward pressure on prices and, thus, do substantial economic harm. We rarely stop…
