TBB Staff

The Pharr Public Works Department is holding a Fall Sweep event for the community in an effort to Keep Pharr Beautiful. Fall Sweep will be held from September 11th to November 20th where Pharr Public Works will be providing the following items (while supplies last) to groups of 10 or less for their own neighborhood/park clean-up:

With the renewed backing of Gov. Greg Abbott, legislation to cut property tax rates is on a fast track through the Texas Legislature.

Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – Implementing advance wind energy scenarios could achieve a reduction in global warming atmospheric average temperatures of 0.3 to 0.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to new research from Cornell University.

Newswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – Implementing advance wind energy scenarios could achieve a reduction in global warming atmospheric average temperatures of 0.3 to 0.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to new research from Cornell University.

DEL RIO — As immigration agents continue to fly more of the thousands of migrants camped in this border city to other processing centers or back to their home countries, state troopers have created a miles-long “steel wall” of patrol vehicles to discourage more people from crossing the Rio Grande into an encampment under the Del Rio international bridge.

(Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced today that it received 41 pages of documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) which list 33 separate incidences of alleged sexual abuse in a one month time period.

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested a criminal migrant armed with a pistol and a bowie knife. A Mara-Salvatrucha gang member and a previously convicted sex offender were also arrested in separate events.

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents make a multitude of arrests from a vehicle pursuit, a train inspection, and a large group encounter.

Newswise — As temperatures soar, air conditioners switch on. Cooling takes lots of energy—which strains power grids and drives up emissions in countries still dependent on fossil fuels.

PHARR – The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District (PSJA ISD) has extended its college readiness preparation to Elementary students for the 2021-2022 School Year through the district’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program.