The first of four legislative measures calling for establishing a public law school presence in El Paso County and the Rio Grande Valley is scheduled for a public hearing in Austin on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 before the House Committee on Higher Education.

The United Way of South Texas Board of Directors announced Lilly Lopez-Killelea as the next Chief Professional Officer (CPO) of United Way of South Texas at the organization’s Annual Awards Ceremony on February 27.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women’s golf team improved by 15 strokes from the first to the second round of the UTRGV Invitational on Monday to sit in fourth place after the first day at McAllen Country Club.

Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for $8.6 billion to continue border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

On February 21, 2019, IBC Bank hosted the Minitropolis® Program Partnership Luncheon.

The City of Pharr was recently ranked among the safest places to live in Texas! A new study by Safehome.orgreleased its rankings of all the safest cities in the United States with populations above 50,000 based on crime types and trends.

Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) criticized the far-left socialist policies being advocated by some congressional Democrats.

A senior house republican, Steve King of Iowa, was admonished by his leadership, and in some cases asked to leave Congress, because he voiced support for white supremacy.

Representatives from the City of Pharr, Texas, USA, and the municipality of Apaseo El Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico, met for a ceremony to sign a memorandum of understanding to establish the "Global Cities Economic Partnership Pharr-Apaseo El Grande"

On the heels of Daylight Saving Time, the Mission Fire Department is reminding residents, now is a good time to test your smoke detector.