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Steve Ahlenius, President and CEO of the Mcallen Chamber of Commerce conducting the ceremony of an unprecedented program for the Rio Grande Valley, first-of-its-kind Youth Apprenticeship in collaboration with STC, McAllen Chamber of Commerce, McAllen ISD Partnership and The participating McAllen businesses are: Santa Fe Steakhouse, The Monitor, House Wine and Bistro, SALT New American Table, Double Tree Hotel, Clark Chevrolet, Boggus Ford, and Atlas Electrical, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Plumbing Services Inc. . Photo by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez

First-of-its-kind Youth Apprenticeship Signing Day product of STC, McAllen Chamber of Commerce, McAllen ISD...

South Texas College, the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, and McAllen Independent School District’s Youth Apprenticeship Program hosted a ceremonial signing day Oct. 31. Texas Border...

McAllen Holiday Parade, presented by H-E-B, Partners with L&F Distributors and Budweiser to Get...

Texas Border Business Now in its 5th year, the McAllen Holiday Parade, presented by H-E-B, continues to find ways to connect to the community.  That...

Rep. Cuellar Releases Statement on Trump Targeting Birthright-Citizenship With Executive Order

Texas Border Business WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s claim to issue an executive order and...
UTRGV helps high school students get a jump on college credits by allowing them to enroll, free of charge, in its Dual Enrollment Program . During the fall 2017 semester, 576 students were enrolled in the program; but that number jumped to 722 for the fall 2018 semester. A study by The UT System looked at dual credit programs and found a student’s exposure to one dual credit course can have a significant impact on his or her academic success. Pictured are former UTRGV dual enrollment students, from left: Elias Frias (Brownsville Early College High School, now a senior at UTRGV), Emma Medellin (Early College High School in Harlingen, now a UTRGV graduate), Mayra Tovar (Brownsville Early College High School, now a UTRGV graduate), Jaime Fonseca (Brownsville Early College High School, now a senior at UTRGV), Magdalena McKula (Brownsville Early College High School, now a UTRGV graduate), Enrique Granados (Trinidad Garza Early College High School in Dallas, now a senior at UTRGV) and Nallely Flores (Brownsville Early College High School, now a senior at UTRGV). (UTRGV Photo by David Pike)

UTRGV Notes Growth in its Number of Dual Enrollment High School students

Texas Border Business By Amanda L. Alaniz Rio Grande Valley, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Dual Enrollment Program is reporting a bump...

STC and Weslaco EDC to host Check Presentation for Job Training Grant

Texas Border Business South Texas College together with the Economic Development Corporation of Weslaco will host a check presentation Thursday, Nov. 1. The purpose of...
Ninth Annual Mission Pink 5K Walk/Run for Breast Cancer Awareness

More than 3,000 People participated in 9th Annual Mission Pink

Texas Border Business Mission, TX – Thousands gathered at Mission Regional Medical Center for the Ninth Annual Mission Pink 5K Walk/Run for Breast Cancer Awareness...
From Left: Edward Farias, Dennis E. Nixon, Sr. Maria Luisa Vera, Hugo Flores, Alma Boubel, Douglas Howland, Larry Norton, Eliza Gonzalez, Sister Kathleen Coughlin, Sister Rose Mary Welch, Joyce Horner, Brother Victor G. Shoemaker, Adriana R. Morales.

Local Organizations Receive Matias De Llano Charitable Trust Gift

IBC Bank awards grants to local organizations for their support of the Laredo community Texas Border Business Laredo, Texas – The Matias De Llano Charitable Trust,...

Big Time Texas Hunts Winners Announced

Texas Border Business Austin, Texas – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has announced the 14 lucky winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts...
Parent Volunteer Swearing-In Ceremony held at the Pharr Events Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018

Hundreds of PSJA ISD parents participate in Volunteer Swearing-In Ceremony 

Texas Border Business Pharr, Texas – More than 520 Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD parents took an oath to be more involved in their children’s education during a Parent Volunteer Swearing-In...

Harlingen Library Joins National Family Place Libraries Program

Texas Border Business Harlingen, Texas – On October 30 the Harlingen Public Library will join libraries across the nation in providing a place for a healthy...

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