TBB Staff

The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in our community now will depend on the percentage of COVID-19 strains that are delta variants and the percentage of the population that has been vaccinated.

The Edinburg City Council approved the issuance of a $23M certificated of obligation bonds dedicated to several major downtown improvement and revitalization projects

The US Census Bureau continues to release results of the 2020 Census.

 On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, Mayor Pete Saenz attended the North American Development Bank’s Border Environmental Forum XXV in San Antonio, Texas.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents prevented two convicted sex offenders from attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained a male subject wanted for rape out of Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents arrested two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members, one of them was previously convicted of murder.

Every year the Harlingen Economic Development Corporation (Harlingen EDC) sponsors two Kauffman FastTrac courses. This accelerated business course is led by the UTRGV Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Center and is valued at more than $700 per course.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men’s soccer team learned on Tuesday that junior forward Reshaun Walkes is part of the Preseason All-WAC Team, as voted on by the WAC head coaches.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – UTRGV this year will host its annual Day of Giving – the university’s largest online annual fundraising event – on Wednesday, Aug. 25.