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Ingredients For Memorias Culinarias: Love For The Spanish Language And Food Memories
Photo above: Maria Bolkcom, a junior majoring in Spanish, won top honors for the Memorias Culinarias/Culinary Memories literary contest at UTRGV. (UTRGV Photo by David Pike) By Letty Fernandez You know how, when you take a bite of a sabroso pork tamal or smell garlic and onion sizzling on the stove, you close your eyes…
Edinburg CISD Board Of Trustees Approves $500 Employee Retention Stipend
Edinburg, Texas- The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District (CISD)Board of Trustees has approved a $500 employee retention stipend for returning staff.Employees can expect the $500 to be Direct deposited Tuesday, June 28, 2022.Board President Dominga “Minga” Vela said, “We are lifelong educators here inEdinburg and we understand the wants and needs of our staff. We know…
New Federal Rules On Broadband Funding Could Deny Grants To Rural Texas Communities
By Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar (AUSTIN) — I am extremely concerned about the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program issued on May 13 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The creation of the Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) last year by state lawmakers represented…
Henry Cuellar Wins Democratic Primary In Recount
Photo above: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, at a Get Out the Vote rally in San Antonio in May. A recount found that Cuellar won the Democratic nomination for his congressional seat. Credit: Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune, June 21, 2022 A recount has confirmed U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo,…
UTRGV ‘ALL IN’ For College Student Voting
Photo above: UTRGV photo by Paul Chouy) By Amanda A. Taylor-Uchoa RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JUNE 16, 2022 – UTRGV recently accomplished an All IN Campus Democracy Challenge, a national initiative committed to engaging higher education institutions in the democratic process by encouraging students to vote. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges…
MOSTHistory participates in Blue Star Museums program
EDINBURG, Texas — The Museum of South Texas History officially announces its participation in the nationwide Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The program began on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 21, 2022, and will end on Labor Day, Monday, Sept.…
Confidence
Dr. M. Ray Perryman, June 15, 2022 The latest surveys of consumers indicate that, as a whole, we are becoming a less optimistic lot. Because our spending on goods and services normally represents around 70% of the economy, that is a source of some concern (although, strangely, our confidence level and our outlays have not…
STC Robotics Camps Offers Elementary Students Inside Look At STEM Field
MCALLEN, TEXAS (JUNE 20, 2022) – Daniela De Hoyos, a third grader from Emiliano Zapata Elementary School in Mission, worked diligently with her peers to get Lego robots built and programmed during the South Texas College Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Robotic summer camps. The summer camps that run through the end of June, offer week-long…
Waiting For Keys, Unable To Break Down Doors: Uvalde Schools Police Chief Defends Delay In Confronting Gunman
Photo Above: Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo on a dirt road on the outskirts of town on Wednesday. One of the first to respond to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, he says: “The only thing that was important to me at this time was to save…
TxDOT To Close Eastbound I-69 Overpass, Send Traffic To Turnaround
At a Thusday press conference Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials announced the closure of the eastbound lane from I-69 now connecting to I-2 in Pharr. Drivers will instead be routed westward for a short distance and then routed to the Sugar Road underpass to allow them to then get on I-2 eastbound. The $303…