Mission, Texas – The City of Mission takes another step into the future with its new water meter project. At its regular city council meeting held on March 2, 2021, the Mission City Council approved financing of the performance contract to upgrade the city’s water delivery management system to more efficient, accurate, and reliable water meters. A kickoff meeting was held this Tuesday to begin the installation phase of the project.

A sold out Industry event was held by the Women's Council of REALTORS® McAllen Network. The Membership Project team made sure to follow all protocols during registration as they welcomed members by checking attendee temperatures, making sure masks were worn and offering hand sanitizer.

Pharr, TX – Governor Abbott proclaimed March as Texas Professional Social Work Month. The local Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) branch of the National Association for Social Workers (NASW) celebrates this year’s theme of “Social Workers are Essential” with its annual awards announcement.

Quinta Mazatlán is delighted to host Texas muralist, Lupe Hernandez on Thursday, April 8th from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm on The Back Porch in McAllen. Hernandez’s’ presentation, “Street Art in the Park”, is a workshop on the contemporary art style known as graffiti, and the unveiling of his latest mural ‘heART’ of Quinta Mazatlán’ painted at Quinta Mazatlán. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about the history of three graffiti styles and participate in an art activity.

EDINBURG, Texas (Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2021) – Rio Grande Valley FC announced today its 32-game schedule for the 2021 USL Championship regular season. The club enters its sixth season in the USL with the return of the club’s first-ever Head Coach, Wilmer Cabrera, as Head Coach and Sporting Director.

Mission, Texas – The Texas International Produce Association (TIPA) announced a new partnership with the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley (Food Bank RGV) at last week’s Viva Fresh Expo’s keynote luncheon. Food Bank RGV’s Viva Fresh Produce Pledge, “A Gift from Farms to Families” is a new program that will serve as a year-round collection effort of fresh produce donations to help food insecure communities in Texas.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Collegiate Baseball announced on Monday that, for the second week in a row, junior right fielder Freddy Rojas Jr. of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) baseball team is one of its national players of the week.

MISSION, TX - Get your golf clubs ready and come be a part of the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce 2021 Mission Citrus Golf Classic Tournament sponsored by Cano & Sons Trucking. Golf Tournament is scheduled for Friday, May 7, 2021at the Shary Municipal Golf Club located on 2201 N. Mayberry Street in Mission. Tournament to benefit Mission CISD Students.

Mission Collegiate High School (MCHS) had four Business Professionals of America (BPA) members compete at the 2021 BPA State Leadership Conference and all four are National Qualifiers. The State Conference was held virtually on March 2 – March 6, 2021. The results are as follows:

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol successfully disrupted human smuggling operations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.