TBB Staff

Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley is joining forces with Reliant to hold their second ‘Meals under Moonlight’ Drive-Thru Emergency Pantry (DTEP) on Wednesday, April 21 from 5-8 p.m., or until capacity is reached.

Hidalgo County Health and Human Services is hosting several COVID-19 first dose vaccine clinics in Edinburg; Elsa; Hidalgo; McAllen; Mission; Pharr, and Weslaco on Monday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 20.

Over the next few days, our tech team and vendors will remain focused on testing the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application portal; it will not reopen this weekend.

A Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (PSJA ISD) alum has been accepted as part of the New York Times third Times Fellowship class.

The Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District marked a milestone on April 16, administering 20,000 doses through its highly successful COVID-19 Community Vaccine Clinics.

GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas is reintroducing a revamped version of his “Trillion Trees Act” that would incentivize the planting of trees to absorb carbon.

Electricity outages in Texas could happen again this summer when electricity demand typically peaks as homes and businesses crank up the air conditioning to ride out the heat.

April is National Donate Life Month. In an effort to raise awareness, Friday, April 16, is Blue & Green Day, where the public is encouraged to wear these colors to engage in sharing the Donate Life message and promoting the importance of registering as an organ, eye and tissue donor.

The month of April serves as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and there is a dire need of increased awareness for the victims of abuse who suffer throughout the community.

The Music Department at South Texas College plans to unveil a completely new composition detailing the harrowing experience of the Holocaust by its survivors.