The City of Edinburg broke ground on Phase 1 of the Veteran’s Detention Pond Drainage Conveyance and Street Improvement Project on Rojas, Santa Maria, and Thompson Street

The US Senate recently passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a rare and much needed bipartisan action to inject funds to fix and expand roads, bridges, water systems, the power grid, and other pressing priorities. It will doubtlessly go through some delays, detours, and drama in the House, but seems destined to ultimately make its way to the President’s desk and a waiting pen (hopefully sooner rather than later). After a laughable number of “Infrastructure Weeks” in Washington DC for many years, we are finally on the cusp of an “Infrastructure Decade.”

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Wednesday that right side hitter Victoire Nama, who played for the volleyball team from 2019-21, is set to start her professional career with Vitrolles Sport Volley-Ball in France’s Fédération Française de Volley this season.

LAREDO, TX— On Thursday, August 12, 2021, city inspectors from various departments will be conducting a house-to-house campaign with property owners concerning property maintenance and code violations in the District 1 area. Residents are being asked to do everything possible to clean-up their neighborhood of any unsightly conditions that may exist.

Do you want to learn how to get more leads for your business? During this time of COVID we have been forced to adapt to new marketing our businesses. So, attend this free workshop presented by Network Lead Exchange and hosted by the RGV Hispanic chamber on Tuesday, August 17th from 9am to 11am at the EBC Center located at 801 E. Fern.

Mission, Texas- When Mission Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) students board school buses on the first day of school, August 16, they will be required to wear face masks. Each bus will have a supply of masks to provide to any student who may not have one. The bus mask requirement is following federal orders provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

‘It’s pretty simple: if the President is suddenly worried about rising gas prices, he needs to stop killing our own energy production here on American soil.’

In support of urgent COVID-19 response efforts and the critical continuity of operations provided by all Cameron County, the Cameron County Commissioners' Court designated all employees as essential critical infrastructure employees as allowed by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

LAREDO, TX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized undeclared pharmaceutical medication that resulted in the arrest of one female traveler.

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration is announcing a call to all eligible Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) applicants seeking economic aid for live entertainment small businesses, nonprofits, and venues. New applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. PT on Friday, August 20, 2021. The SVOG program has so far awarded $8.4 billion in grants to more than 10,800 businesses to assist in getting the nation’s cultural institutions, which are critical to the economy and were among the first to shutter, back on track.