TBB Staff

The Weslaco Area Chamber of Commerce was recognized with a mayoral proclamation at the October 1st Weslaco city hall meeting for Texas Chamber of Commerce Week, happening October 14-18.

Over 68 pounds of addictive opioids, are now out of the community’s medicine cabinets and headed for safe disposal following the “Crush the Crisis” opioid drug take-back day hosted by Rio Grande Regional Hospital in collaboration with the City of McAllen and McAllen Police Department.

Several students from Veterans Memorial High School are advancing to the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) regional choir auditions. The seven recently competed at the TMEA Region 15 District Mixed Auditions and performed well enough to advance to the regional level.

Breast Cancer continues to be the most prevalent cancer and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among Texas women, also affecting about one in every 1,000 men.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley apprehended a previously-deported felon.

Senior Chief Mineman Elizando Roel, assigned to Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) and native of Mission, Texas, talks about damage control equipment and procedure on a tour of the ship during San Francisco Fleet Week 2019 (SFFW).

The grief associated with the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn death, can often be overwhelming.

A Texas Workforce Commission grant will allow Texas State Technical College and Mueller Co. at its Brownsville location to advance the technical skills of more than 80 Mueller Co. employees through workforce training provided by TSTC.

Most of us quickly identify mesquite as a great source of flavoring on the grill, yet there is so much more! This year Quinta Mazatlán’s Planta Nativa celebration features the majestic mesquite tree where attendees will have the unique opportunity to experience five F’s of mesquite come to life: Food for people & wildlife, Formula as medicine/healing, Furniture/flooring, Fuel for fire and Flora for Fauna.

At South Texas College, students will be doing more than just thinking about it. Thanks to a unique Texas Workforce Commission-backed partnership with local breweries like Mission’s 5x5 Brewing Co., STC students will have the opportunity to get an education in fermentation.