TBB Staff

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today released operational statistics for July 2021.

EDINBURG, TX – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents encountered two large groups of migrants resulting in 327 apprehensions.

BROWNSVILLE, TX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged methamphetamine and heroin. CBP officers discovered the narcotics hidden within a 2006 Toyota.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced that Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has arranged for the deployment of more than 2,500 medical personnel to help hospitals care for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients across Texas.

The US Senate recently passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a rare and much needed bipartisan action to inject funds to fix and expand roads, bridges, water systems, the power grid, and other pressing priorities. It will doubtlessly go through some delays, detours, and drama in the House, but seems destined to ultimately make its way to the President’s desk and a waiting pen (hopefully sooner rather than later). After a laughable number of “Infrastructure Weeks” in Washington DC for many years, we are finally on the cusp of an “Infrastructure Decade.”

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Wednesday that right side hitter Victoire Nama, who played for the volleyball team from 2019-21, is set to start her professional career with Vitrolles Sport Volley-Ball in France’s Fédération Française de Volley this season.

LAREDO, TX— On Thursday, August 12, 2021, city inspectors from various departments will be conducting a house-to-house campaign with property owners concerning property maintenance and code violations in the District 1 area. Residents are being asked to do everything possible to clean-up their neighborhood of any unsightly conditions that may exist.

Do you want to learn how to get more leads for your business? During this time of COVID we have been forced to adapt to new marketing our businesses. So, attend this free workshop presented by Network Lead Exchange and hosted by the RGV Hispanic chamber on Tuesday, August 17th from 9am to 11am at the EBC Center located at 801 E. Fern.

Mission, Texas- When Mission Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) students board school buses on the first day of school, August 16, they will be required to wear face masks. Each bus will have a supply of masks to provide to any student who may not have one. The bus mask requirement is following federal orders provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

‘It’s pretty simple: if the President is suddenly worried about rising gas prices, he needs to stop killing our own energy production here on American soil.’